High Court Shrugs Off Police Taping Ban

The U.S. Supreme Court signaled its approval of citizen recording of police officers by rejecting an Illinois prosecutor’s appeal for enforcement of an anti-eavesdropping law.

The decision leaves in place a lower court’s ruling that the law violates free speech rights to record officers performing their duties. The law set out a prison term of 15 years.

The American Civil Liberties Union had filed a lawsuit in 2010 against Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez to block prosecution of ACLU staff for recording police officers performing their duties in public places, reports the Chicago Tribune.

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