Recording police undermines the very fabric of society.
Congress needs to pass the law enforcement bill of rights to outlaw So-called
citizen journalists with no law enforcement training, no law degree and
no good motives from violating the privacy of Police officers by
wiretapping them in public to create out of context gotcha videos because of the belief that every officer is doing something wrong which is insulting to all police officers.
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/mc-ny-police-officers-body-cameras-20151225-story.html
Patrick Lynch, president of the union representing police officers, said people sometimes abuse their rights, using them to torment or harass officers.
"It escalates the tension and makes it more dangerous for everyone involved," Lynch said. "The act of recording police starts from the belief that every officer is doing something wrong and that's insulting to all police officers."
For officers, problems arise when recording can be interpreted as interfering with police activity, union officials say.
They add that officers understand they may be filmed, but the line between interference and documentation is blurred when a bystander shoves a cellphone into a crime scene from an arms-length away and yells aggressively at officer
http://www.houstonpress.com/news/when-does-filming-an-oil-refinery-make-you-a-terrorist-threat-8003606
"This group is a national organization that is known colloquially as
police baiters," Sullivan said in a phone interview. "They go out and
try to incite some sort of interaction. It’s your lawful right to
photograph and videotape. It extends into a more threatening and
dangerous situation when the actions you're taking to incite that
interaction takes place in a security district as a very real
terroristic threat. It's your right to videotape, but if you're going to
do that you should do so lawfully and comply with the orders of
officers that are investigating something that could be very hazardous
to public safety."
