The legislature is always exempting themselves and special groups from
laws. I find the move to exempt certain groups from Airport security
screenings to be most illuminating, foremost among them, Senators and
Congresscritters. I think it should be the opposite. They should be
searched every time they fly commercial transport. If you are going to
impose something on the general populace you should be required to live
with it yourself. Lots of stupid laws would soon be off the books.
MARGARET CORNETT wrote:
I'll swear it's getting even worse here in the U.S. I have a friend
who was involved in one of those automobile "accidents" where a bunch
of people forced him into a rear-end collision so they could rip off
his insurance. Since then he installed a video system in his car--
it's the EXACT type that many police agencies use in their patrol
cars. He has cameras front and back and sides.
He got pulled over by a cop, and as the cop was talking to him, he
warned the police officer that he was being videotaped and recorded.
The cop went ballistic, and ordered my friend to turn it off. My
friend refused. He was arrested, and his car was impounded. Seems
there is a law in his county that forbids anyone from videotaping
police officers in a manner in which the officer believes will
interfere with his actions, and anyone MUST cease videotaping a police
officer when so ordered. The case hasn't been to court yet. My guess
is that my friend will win, but it will cost him mucho in legal fees.
In the meantime they have also impounded the recordings as evidence--
not the content of the recordings, but the recordings themselves
(there's a fine legal difference between those two things). They did
it in a manner that tries to keep him from using what's on the
recordings in his defense.
It seems that the government can videotape you anytime and anywhere
they want, but the citizenry better not try it the other way around.
-BC-
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When you're worried or in doubt,
Run in circles, (scream and shout).
