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by felipemnoa 5143 days ago
Considering this:

http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2012/04/supreme-court-sa...

I don't think is a wise idea to take this to the supreme court at this moment. They could easily say that it is illegal to record police.

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I find it very strange that you're citing (a highly erroneous summary of) a Court ruling restricting the right privacy for jail inmates in specific situations, in order to argue that the Court will extend privacy of persons in public places. Actually, the lack of prisoners' rights to privacy, and the right to record things in public areas, are both well established.

By the way, the word you're looking for is "unconstitutional", not "illegal". Even should the Court restrict the right to record--which they won't, it's a well-established right--jurisdictions may establish that right through law anyway.