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[–] Drenki 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago 

This is another symptom of how fucked up our country is. This is common sense - recording a public official, in a public place executing a public duty. As long as there's no interference, there's no problem. So why did it have to go to the 5th circuit? Colossal and shameful waste of resources.

Let's put bodycams on all our politicians!

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[–] Mathurin1911 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It had to go to the courts because the police used eavesdropping and generic laws to take away civilian cameras in order to preserve their own ability to lie without recourse. See, being recorded is a loss of power, and police love to believe they have all of the power in any given situation, anything that takes power away from them must be disposed of.

This wouldnt be an issue if we had proper policing of our police. I dont hate the police, I hate the assholes, and I hate the way the police band around the assholes when they are caught being assholes. I also hate BLM btw, those idiots have hurt the cause of police reform more than they can possibly know.

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[–] Drenki 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I agree with most of what you wrote, but still no reason for the lowest level judge to even consider the case.