US police state in full focus

US police state in full focus

Most cell phones these days have cameras on them; as a result American police are lashing out and confiscating cameras or arresting people recording them. Is this the start of a police state in the United States? YouTube commentator George Hemminger says I can't believe in America, a free country, we are putting people in jail because they are recoding police officers doing their jobs.

'A militarization of US police'

'A militarization of US police'

US police have waged war, not on drugs but on video recording devices. Do Americans stand a chance when it comes to watching the watchmen? Radley Balko, Senior Editor for Reason Magazine says Congress or State Legislatures need to pass laws making this explicit, that you have a constitutional right to record government officials in public while on duty. Without that there will always be this kind of ambiguity.