Illinois General Assembly passes bill to ban citizens from recording police
Hold on, wait for me! I have to get my pitchfork.<p>Okay.<p>Reading now...<p><i>Sigh</i>, I'm putting my pitchfork back, false alarm.<p>The old law got struck down [1] because the Constitution. The new one stipulates that it's only illegal in situations where there's a reasonable expectation of privacy [2]. Damn it, I can't get offended about this.<p>[1] <a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-11-26/news/chi-supreme-court-rejects-plea-to-prohibit-taping-of-police-20121126_1_cook-and-crawford-counties-police-officers-enforcement" rel="nofollow">http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-11-26/news/chi-supre...</a>
[2] <a href="http://politics.suntimes.com/article/springfield/state-eavesdropping-law-fix-head-governors-desk/thu-12042014-1251pm" rel="nofollow">http://politics.suntimes.com/article/springfield/state-eaves...</a>