Life for Film

Thursday 1 September 2011 - Filed under Uncategorized

Infowars.com on recording police officers while in the course of doing their jobs:

Despite the fact that recording police officers (public servants) is perfectly legal, Americans are still being arrested for doing so, and the establishment media is enthusiastically perpetuating the hoax that such conduct is unlawful, even though in doing so they are completely eroding protections that guarantee press freedom.

Gee, that couldn’t be so that the mainstream media can keep their monopoly over what is and isn’t news, could it? Who cares if a man who has been wrongly charged now faces a trial that could send him to jail; perhaps for up to 60 years.

The state of Illinois is trying to charge Allison with five counts of wiretapping, each punishable by four to 15 years in prison.
Allison refused a plea deal which would have seen him serve no jail time but would reinforce the hoax that it is illegal to film police officers, as well as acting as a chilling effect to prevent other Americans from filming cases of police brutality.

Allison has chosen to reject the plea bargain and fight to clear his name via a jury trial, arguing, “If we don’t fight for our freedoms here at home we’re all going to lose them.”

What a system we have. Police wrongly arrest citizens for exercising their rights, and the media plays along in what seems to be an attempt at remaining relevant.

2011-09-01  »  madlibertarianguy