The act of recording police starts from the belief that every officer is doing something wrong and that's insulting to all police officers.

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."