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Policy

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Teams With ACLU to Promote Your Right to Photograph Cops

Mike Riggs | 2.7.2012 12:53 PM

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Forever Child Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Auto-Tune the News pioneers the Gregory Brothers, the ACLU, and Ben Franklin have made a music video promoting your right to take pictures of cops: 

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  1. spencer   14 years ago

    I'm videotaping you right now.

    1. rather   14 years ago

      Funny, turn around

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  2. Res Publica Americana   14 years ago

    Stop resisting, Mr Riggs, or one of your relatives is going to have to pick up your corpse after work while we get off with a paid vacation on first-degree murder. Damned civilians filming US? Hurumph, mother-fuckers.

    /NYPD shithead.

  3. Fist of Etiquette   14 years ago

    Yeah, civil liberties are going to keep your cell phone from meeting the pavement. When ghost Franklin gets that little girl's camera back, any evidence on it will be gone. Totally unrealistic.

  4. Ice Nine   14 years ago

    So, if you live in one of those twelve "wiretap" states you simply cannot film cops, like all the other kids can (on the assumption that a cop will never give his permission to be recorded). Do I have that right?

    1. No, you do not   14 years ago

      http://www.techdirt.com/articl.....ents.shtml

      1. Ice Nine   14 years ago

        Interesting and encouraging article. Thank you. These key words from it - "While this case isn't over yet," - leave my question standing, however.

  5. Brett L   14 years ago

    Hey, look: 2nd Amendment foundation get's Rahm E's autograph, on a check for $400k from the City of Chicago.

    1. EscapedWestOfTheBigMuddy   14 years ago

      Hehehehe...cool.

  6. drugwarisevil   14 years ago

    A pretty lame video. Do many three years old have cameras? Because that appears to be the target audience for this video.

    1. nobody   14 years ago

      They're going for the Schoolhouse Rock thing.

  7. sage   14 years ago

    What we need are cameras that can connect to a smart phone and clip to a lapel or something. Totally stealth and upload the video remotely in real time. Go ahead and destroy the phone. Too late!

  8. sloopyinca   14 years ago

    I guess Miami PD didn't get the memo.

    1. Donut Squad   14 years ago

      You can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride.

  9. Warty   14 years ago

    Know your rights

  10. Eric Atkinson   14 years ago

    That "singing" was so bad it needs to be "tuned up" by some cops.

  11. Tom   14 years ago

    Sorry, but I still have an irrational, visceral hatred of Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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