I was completely unaware that recording a police officer is illegal before reading the articles assigned for this week. The statement that I found most shocking was "Even if the encounter involves you and may be necessary to your defense, and even if the recording is on a public street where no expectation of privacy exists." It seems reasonable to me that police officers do not want their interactions posted on Facebook and YouTube, because what may be considered normal may seem unusual or extreme to someone else. However, there have been numerous instances of police brutality in the past several years. It is not unheard of for police to treat people in unacceptable ways. If a camera is used as a strategy for self protection and self protection only, not exploitation of police officers, than I believe it should be legal to record or take pictures of interactions with police. I can't help but wonder what police officers are so worried about if they do treat the people they question or arrest the right way.
The article about the "rules" of photography in public was interesting to me as well. I think that this topic is extremely debatable and depends mainly on the purpose the photograph will serve.
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