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The 2nd Circuit US Court of Appeals has ruled that recording an in-person conversation without the knowledge of all parties is only a violation of federal wiretapping law if the person making the recording intends to use the recording for illegal purposes. At least in the states that do not have explicit laws against recording cops, this should nullify the abuses of wiretapping laws against people recording in public.

Danroy Henry, 20, of Easton, Mass., was killed early Sunday thanks to gunshots fired through his windshield by police were who were called to settle a disturbance. (They settled it, alright.) Further, the police obstructed attempts to resuscitate, preferring to allow the 20 year-old college student die like and animal, handcuffed and laying in the street.

Judge refuses to accept the defendant's plea deal on charges of misdemeanor reckless conduct and misdemeanor disobeying a police officer. At trial the jury acquits on both charges.

An incidental recording taken while a Florida woman was on the phone with her insurance company shows that the police who arrested her and charged her with a felony for resisting arrest lied in their reports, and then again under questioning.

http://RevolutionNews.US - David Loveless, who has no criminal record, was arrested and handcuffed last week after he allegedly made a hand gesture at police who had testified against his son in a robbery case.

He now faces two counts of assault on a law enforcement officer by way of intimidation and two counts of obstruction of justice.

Police spokesperson Natatia Bledsoe claimed Loveless made a gun gesture at police officers, but Loveless denies making any kind of gesture at all.

Illinois charges you with a Class I felony for recording cops; it's punishable by 4 to 15 years in prison.

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A lactating U.S. woman was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after she sprayed sheriff's deputies with breast milk as they tried to remove her from a vehicle, police said on Monday.

A man arrested at a July 4 house party is charged with a count of wiretapping, alleging he used his cell phone to film the police response. Police confirmed Tuesday that Adam H. Whitman, 20, of New Castle, was arrested on that charge. However, the charge is likely to be dismissed and/or replaced with another charge, possibly disorderly conduct or obstructing government administration. Whitman was "impaired by alcohol" when he was arrested and, when the case was later reviewed, wiretapping didn't seem to be "a viable charge."

A possible future scenario if CISPA is allowed to pass & become law, in that with recent amendments it now trumps all other State & Federal privacy law, including HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).