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Police Claim Recording of Marijuana Dispensary Raid is Illegal

posted by janrinok on Sunday August 09 2015, @03:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the sauce-for-the-goose dept.

darkfeline writes:

Police who raided a marijuana store, destroying security cameras and the DVR, harassing the store's customers, consuming edible marijuana products, and playing darts, were caught on camera. The cops claim that said recording is illegal because the cops had an expectation of privacy after destroying all of the security cameras.

I wish I could make up this stuff.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Thexalon on Sunday August 09 2015, @06:11PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Sunday August 09 2015, @06:11PM (#220343)

    If they are making any use whatsoever of their official authority (e.g. identifying themselves as police or flashing a badge around), yes, they are doing their jobs. They might well have been committing a crime while doing their job, but they were acting in their official capacity and have no expectation of privacy.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 09 2015, @09:40PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 09 2015, @09:40PM (#220417)
    https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/242 [cornell.edu]

    Under Color of Law - yet another charge...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 09 2015, @11:13PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 09 2015, @11:13PM (#220466)

      Layman summary - if government officials use any kind of punishment other than what is specifically stated to be done per the relevant law (any deprivations of rights, privileges, or property) to anyone, citizen or not, they are to be fined or imprisoned for a year; if assault (threats) or battery (physical harm) occurs with it (eg, police beating people in their custody, using threats and force to steal phones/cameras), up to ten years; if murder, rape, kidnapping (eg, enforcing void laws), or attempts of those occur, life or death.

      I'm not sure I've ever seen a cop not guilty of breaking this law. Good find.