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Followup: Motorcyclist wins taping case against Maryland state police
Filed under: Government/Legal, Safety, Motorcycle Anthony Graber meets the Maryland State Police - Click above to watch video after the jump Score one for the good guys. Not that we think police in general are bad guys or anything, but after watching this video of a Maryland state trooper jumping out of his unmarked car in plain clothes while brandishing a gun, we're not exactly keen to put him in the good guy category, either. In any case, Anthony Graber, a man who was out shooting video of his (not exactly completely legal) motorcycling exploits when he was confronted by the aforementioned officer, was charged with felony wiretapping for recording the state trooper's actions when being pulled over. According to the Baltimore Sun, Judge Emory A. Pitt Jr. has thrown out the wiretapping charge, leaving Graber only to answer for his traffic violations. Why? Common sense, it would seem, has prevailed. The judge ruled that police officers shouldn't have an expectation of privacy when engaged in a traffic stop. He said, in part: Reacquaint yourself with the completely legal video after the break. Hat tips to Jason and Tom! [Sources: Baltimore Sun, Slashdot] Continue reading Followup: Motorcyclist wins taping case against Maryland state police Followup: Motorcyclist wins taping case against Maryland state police originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Read | Permalink | Email this | Commentsأكثر... |
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