Illinois Supreme Court: law barring recording police is unconstitutional

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An Illinois man was charged with a felony for recording police while being arrested. Today, a state judge ruled the eavesdropping law unconstitutional.

<a href='http://meincmagazine.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/illinois-supreme-court-law-barring-recording-police-is-unconstitutional.ars'>Read the whole story</a>
 
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    grendel_x86":im6g1apt said:
    This makes me pretty happy. As a Chicagoan who will be attending and documenting the NATO / G8 summit in May, this is a big reassurance.

    Chris Drew has fought pretty hard, glad he won.

    This effects several large cases currently in trial here.
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    The thing about protests... I don't see how there is any expectation that any major event of that type will be anything other than massively recorded. Any legal theory based on an expectation of privacy should not apply.
     
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