Busted For Felony Eavesdropping

Say you take out your smart phone and you start taking pictures of police officers making an arrest. The pictures and video are allowed by law, but you must have permission before you record the audio, even if the officer is on the public way.

"I'm just an ordinary citizen. I was on my way to the movies, and all of a sudden I'm facing a felony and 15 years in prison." Frobe said.

Frobe calls it the worst experience of his life. He was on his way to a late evening movie on an August night last year when he was stopped for speeding in far north suburban Lindenhurst. He didn't believe he was in a 35-mile-an-hour zone, and he figured if he was going to get ticket he wanted to be able to document his challenge with video evidence, so he got out his flip camera, which he was not very adept at using.

At one point he held it out the window trying to record where he was. When the officer, being recorded on his squad dash cam, walked back to Frobe's car, the officer saw Frobe's camera.

Officer: "That recording? Frobe : "Yes, Yes, I've been... Officer: "Was it recording all of our conversation? Frobe: "Yes. Officer: "Guess what? You were eavesdropping on our conversation. I did not give you permission to do so. Step out of the vehicle."

Louis Frobe was then cuffed and arrested for felony eavesdropping.

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• wtf

[hollowman113]

then Cops should ask me permission. to record me from their  dash board...

[FavOnIcon]

Cops can suck my dick

[onewaydom]

Hey Louis come visit us!  We are looking for citizens just like you! It's time this shet phucken ends!

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P.S. We hope you win the lawsuit!

[TaylorMade851]

@hollowman113 Oh my gosh, fucking idiot. Policeman are not equal with us, they are higher.

[petrosspetrosgali]

Making unconstitutional laws in a time of war is the HIGHEST form of TREASON. Punnishable by shooting if im not mistaken......

[InWitheNew]

You know the cop is a total asshole because of the way he said "Guess what?" like he knew the guy had no idea that it was illegal and that he was gonna fuck him anyways.

[hollowman113]

lol dont u see that all of this is orchestrated to keep ur rights down

[pegasusreviews]

What a fucking arrogant dick that police was.. Facist scum.

[TheBrewchief]

@SmileyGarrish Yes, it is a slippery slope that I think we have begun to enjoy the sliding part of. Jail a man. Fine a man. Sticking a needle in a man without consent? even hospital staff have refused to comply. when that happens, when doctors who are usually subservient to their administrators, who are basically subservient to their investors, start denying something, you might conclude that things have gone too far. As for doctors and vaccinations. Don't take them. Or your children.

[SmileyGarrish]

@TheBrewchief Fascist Police State

[SmileyGarrish]

@RebelKnightCSA I think you may be on to something there.....The Authorities know that 'citizens' are merely an inconvenience and that their own exploitation of the police as an "armed gang of thugs protecting the rich and powerful" is pretty freaking obvious right now. Those who rule America do not want their methods of oppression and abuse to become public. It is only a matter of time before this medium of exchange of information and opinion is shut down also. Orwell was right : Police State.