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ruet

(10,039 posts) Sun Jul 23, 2023, 03:05 PM Jul 2023

Law Prohibiting the Filming of Police Struck by Federal Court

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Law Prohibiting the Filming of Police Struck by Federal Court (Original Post) ruet Jul 2023 OP

This makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #1

Good. I'm not for getting in their way, but filming is a right and unfortunately necessary nowadays. Silent Type Jul 2023 #2

I hope the first person who is prosecuted under this law ... Jeebo Jul 2023 #3

It's all about transparency. MenloParque Jul 2023 #4

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,627 posts)

1. This makes me smile

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Sun Jul 23, 2023, 03:12 PM

Jul 2023

Link to tweet

Silent Type

(2,977 posts)

2. Good. I'm not for getting in their way, but filming is a right and unfortunately necessary nowadays.

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Sun Jul 23, 2023, 03:18 PM

Jul 2023

Jeebo

(2,028 posts)

3. I hope the first person who is prosecuted under this law ...

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Sun Jul 23, 2023, 03:23 PM

Jul 2023

... defends him/herself by claiming that "I wasn't filming anything! I was videoing it! There was no film in my cell phone when I was recording that incident."

This is one of my pet peeves. Every time I hear somebody say somebody was "filming" an incident with a cell phone, I always want to say, "What kind of film did that person have in that cell phone? 8mm? 16mm?"

Precision of language, y'all. You're not "filming" anything unless you're actually recording it literally on film.

-- Ron

MenloParque

(512 posts)

4. It's all about transparency.

Reply to ruet (Original post)

Sun Jul 23, 2023, 03:51 PM

Jul 2023

The moment I step in a government agency office I’m never asked for permission to be on CCTV, so you have no right to ask me not to record! What’s with all the secrecy? Sorry you will be recorded by the people and you will like it.

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