Trish Graber reports: Legislation sponsored by Senator Nia H. Gill and Senator Peter Barnes to update the state’s reader privacy laws by extending protections to books that are purchased either at a bookstore or from an online provider – such as Amazon, Apple or Google – was approved today by a Senate committee. Read more…
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The War on Cameras
Radley Balko has a terrific article on Reason.com about an issue that has been mentioned a number of times on this blog: whether public servants such as the police have any right to privacy in the performance of their duties. The question garnered a lot of public attention earlier this year after a motorcyclist, Anthony…
Motorcyclist wins taping case against state police
Score one for the citizenry! Peter Hermann of the Baltimore Sun reports: A Harford County Circuit Court judge ruled this afternoon that a motorcyclist who was arrested for videotaping his traffic stop by a Maryland State Trooper was within his rights to record the confrontation. Judge Emory A Pitt Jr. tossed all the charges…
Traffic Stop Video Puts Md.’s Wiretap Law On Trial
It’s the traffic stop that’s put Maryland’s wiretap law on trial. The motorcycle rider who videotaped his encounter with police moved to have the charges against him dismissed. Alex DeMetrick reports the outcome could put police in the public’s viewfinders. Police have cameras trained on all of us, recording everything from arrests to calls for…