75-Year Prison Sentence for Taping the Police? The Absurd Laws That Criminalize Audio and Video Recording in America | Civil Liberties | AlterNet

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75-Year Prison Sentence for Taping the Police? The Absurd Laws That Criminalize Audio and Video Recording in America | Civil Liberties | AlterNet: "Likewise, Moore, a 20-year-old Southside resident, did not know it was illegal to record a conversation she had with two police officers last August, and she too faces a prison sentence of up to 15 years for doing so. Moore's case is especially troubling because she was in the process of filing a complaint with the two officers about a third officer, who Moore alleges sexually harassed her in her home. She told the Times that she 'was only trying to make sure no other women suffered at the hands of the officer' by making the recording. Presumably, she was also trying to protect herself in case she faced another lewd advance. Instead, the officers tried to talk her out of filing her complaint and then slapped her with eavesdropping charges when they found out her Blackberry was recording."