Why citizens MUST retain the right to film police & government officials

Radley Balko, a civil libertarian best known for his work at Reason, Cato, and the Huffington Post, talks with John Stossel about the need for citizens to be able to film the police. In one clip, they show how an officer intentionally throws himself into a bicyclist while proclaiming the cyclist intentionally rammed him. In another clip, a policeman denies drawing his gun at a snowball fight when the video clearly shows that he did. Should the police feel afraid to act if they are filmed? If they are doing their job correctly, why should they? At the end of the show, Stossel dicusses the corruption of Nixon's vice president Spiro Agnew and the corruption he and many other politicians were found guilty of. Isn't it good that we have a record of their corruption so that justice could be served? Shouldn't the same standard be applied to the police? Stossel's final point: individuals deserve privacy, individuals who get public money (such as ACORN administrators) deserve less privacy, and people who receive government money and who have the ability to forcibly control you - and the authority to hold a gun to your head - deserve to be held fully accountable and absolutely should be video recorded.

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[Grubnar]

"Beware of he, who would deny you access to information, because in his heart he dreams himself your master." The Planetary Datalinks. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

[musikislyphe]

"We have to put some faith and trust in our authority figures"...like a god, right?

You fucking kidding me?! As if cops don't already have a god complex.

They're only human, easily influenced by emotions. We, as civilians, have every right to keep them in order.

[roaringwaterbay]

the police are liars, goons, and thugs.

[Cylamir]

Criminals often use security cameras to give them advance warning when authorities might be paying them an unwanted visit with a search warrant, Miller said.

[1947Silver]

OH HECK NO!! If you film a LEO in Maryland, you will face a long jail time!!!! I have a friend that lives there and he is terrified of the LEO's there.

[JavierSoriano1]

The U.S. Constitution gives us the right to take pictures and videotape police officers while they are working. Officers don't have the right to seize our cellphones o cameras.

READ about the SIMON GLIK case in 2011:

ca1.uscourts gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=­10-1764P.01A

[wanaa66]

/watch?v=hyT1buoyTnY <--- watch this video of B. DOLAN FILM THE POLICE

[KidKapamTv]

@Rushly123456 no 99.999999999999999999999999 % of cops are evil distusting people

[JOHN316503]

If cops are doing nothing wrong then why do they get pissed when being filmed? Hell they are filming us. They are public servants that need to be held accountable

[JoJoRockets52]

@ZombieXerus maybe it's because your ignorant?

[ZombieXerus]

@JoJoRockets52 I already explained what I believe you dumb ass and your replies have made little to no sense so i'll just stop talkin to your retarded ass

[TimeForRave]

@TFR2087 Well I'm glad you do, that says something at least.