The Core

Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on November 18, 2014, 03:31:53 PM

Title: Go get 'em, judge.
Post by: rcjordan on November 18, 2014, 03:31:53 PM
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-stingray-officer-contempt-20141117-story.html

Judicial systems (US & EU) are, IMO, the last great hope for some semblance of privacy against the tech-police state evolving in the western world.  In the US, it's only been within the last year or so that enough court rulings have accumulated to provide almost-reasonable protection from police retaliation for filming them while on duty.
Title: Re: Go get 'em, judge.
Post by: Travoli on November 18, 2014, 06:48:47 PM
>last great hope

"Special interests are flooding state Supreme Court races with millions of dollars to try to tip the courts in their direction."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129178835