Teen facing felony for taping cop
State's wiretapping ban prohibits recording officer's voice
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Posted: June 14, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
An 18-year-old from Pennsylvania is facing a felony charge after he was caught videotaping a police officer handing out a traffic ticket on a public street.
"I didn't think I could get in trouble for that," Brian D. Kelly told The Patriot-News.
Apparently, neither did a long list of members of the public, who have erupted on the newspaper's comment page.
"This is the most asinine thing I have EVER heard. Citizens have the right, and indeed, often the DUTY to film police officers performing their job," wrote ZippoPA. "I will donate right now to a fund to defend this person."
"Don't police videotape you from their car without consent? I think they should be required to obtain consent for dashboard cameras," added TheSabre.
"In the era of Rodney King and such we should have the right to video them, after all they video us … with the dashcam," suggested cd3.
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