Photography and Surveillance (Again)

I want to post again under the title of photography and surveillance, incorporating recent events.  In my original post, I angrily ranted about the unjust repercussions for recording officials performing illegal actions.
In the Boston bombing that just happened, the "officials" not only asked for the recordings made my the public to help find the culprit, but also used photography and surveillance to display the suspects' faces so the city could be on alert.  Here you see two forms of surveillance taking place.  The surveillance by the public and the surveillance for the public.  In my initial post, it was clear which was happening:  The surveillance by the public was the recording of the officer doing illegal things, which ended up being illegal in itself.  But in terms of the Boston bombing, they ask for these recordings made by the public to help them find the bad guy.  So the recordings of an officer doing something bad is illegal but the recordings of another "regular guy" doing something bad is completely legal and sought after.  Granted, I am very much simplifying the horrific event that took place in Boston, but I still want to make the comparison of unjustness between society and society's officials.