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In Federal Hill, citizens allowed to record police - but then there's loitering..

Why do police have the money to investigate tons of drug/loitering/traffic charges, but not enough to worry about rape cases?

Daily News @ http://RevolutionNews.US — (CAMDEN) Neighbors are seeking an apology from Camden police after a Friday night incident in which they say a dog was shot by officers who were carelessly firing on a street crowded with children.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20110418/NEWS01/104180317/0/NEWS99/Anger-rises-after-Camden-officer-kills-dog?odyssey=nav|head

SAN FRANCISCO — Voters approved a law intended to sweep the sidewalks clean of vagrants, and an attempt to sabotage the sit-lie ordinance failed along with a measure to politicize police officer foot patrols.
Proposition L makes it illegal to sit or lie on sidewalks citywide from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. The law is tailored to allow officers to move people loitering or blocking sidewalks and businesses. They must issue a warning before they give a citation, and for those who refuse to move along, police can make an arrest.

Camden Nj is re-structuring their police force, and firing all of their current cops.

The Phoenix City Prosecutor’s office made a bold statement in its Motion to Dismiss 20 cases against Occupy Phoenix protesters yesterday, citing Paul Revere, the Tea Party and the constitutional right to protest. Members of The Phoenix 20 were individually represented pro bono by a troop of 17 volunteer defense attorneys. Originally 45 defendants faced charges, but 25 pled guilty to lesser charges. The cases were grouped together and involved trespassing and loitering allegations.

The NJ Libertarian Party Open Government Advocacy Taskforce has uncovered a "confidential" out of court settlement of $75K. This project has uncovered multiple out of court settlements that towns have tried to keep confidential. For more on this case see http://ogtf.lpcnj.org/2010270P5/
For more on the Open Government Advocacy Taskforce see http://ogtf.lpcnj.org/ and http://njlp.org/news/partynews/opengovernment

75 years in for videotaping the police. Shied laws increasingly popular in US. 12 states now have laws prohibiting citizens from recording police.

John Paff, Chairman of the NJ Libertarian Open Government Advocacy Project (see http://njlp.org/news/partynews/opengovernment) describes how the Bridgeton, NJ Board of Education treats the public during their public meetings. He criticizes them for violations of Open Public Meeting Act violations.