At 06:48 PM 4/25/01 -0400, Sunder wrote: >David Honig wrote: >> >> Personally I plan to teach Jr. how to do covert recording; otherwise it might >> be his word vs. a schoolyard bully or state-employed bully. [FWIW, I think >> some girl >> was recently acquitted of wiretap charges for taping or imaging a teacher's >> lecture >> (for review later) because there was no expectation of privacy. Teachers are >> after all your employees.] > >A few months ago a guy was jailed because he audiotaped an abusive cop in >MA. MA is an all-party state. So YMMV. The cop of course had no expectation >of privacy since he stopped the guy on the highway. Google is your friend >for details. I'd *love* to use a "what have you got to hide" argument with a state employee. On the other hand: Just read about a Sheriff's Deputy who was suspended for trying to erase 2 videotapes showing him abusing two different citizens. http://www.latimes.com/editions/orange/20010426/t000035233.html Deputy Is Accused of Trying to Erase Tapes Sheriff's Department veteran is charged with attempted destruction of evidence in two encounters caught on patrol car video. A decorated Orange County sheriff's deputy was suspended and criminally charged with trying to destroy videotapes of two on-duty confrontations, including one in which he reportedly accosted and cursed at a man. ...snip...
