Like Ohio is immune to wire-tapping laws. But the right-wingers there seem to think they can make their own laws or rules and be selective about it too. Apparently the video is fine, it's the audio that falls under the strict laws. Oh, and the law works both ways and was designed to hinder the use of wiretapping by law enforcement unjustly or without probable cause.
Last week, Rep. Steven Chabot (R-OH) banned ordinary citizens from bringing cameras into a town hall meeting — even having police confiscate cameras from citizens who dared to violate this rule. Bizarrely, Chabot still allowed reporters to bring in cameras and record the event.
Coincidentally, just four days after Chabot took this extraordinary measure to prevent embarrassing clips of him from appearing on YouTube, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit handed down an opinion saying citizens have a right to film police engaged in their official duties. The court’s reasoning, however, has very clear implications for Chabot’s camera ban:
Chabot might take some small comfort in the fact that he does not reside in the First Circuit — Ohio is part of the much more conservative Sixth Circuit — but Chabot should not expect the right-leaning judges on his home circuit court to bail him out. As the First Circuit notes, at least three other appeals courts and numerous trial courts agree with their holding that government officials cannot simply ban cameras.
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/federal-appeals-court-says-citizens-c
