Carl Paul Arrested By Florida Cops Who Still Believe Filming Police Is Illegal

• Correction my son was being harassed, embarrassed & bullied by the police.   I was arrested.  ~Tasha Ford

• No. Per §934.03 Florida Statutes: 3(c) It is lawful under ss. 934.03-934.09 for an investigative or law enforcement officer or a person acting under the direction of an investigative or law enforcement officer to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication when such person is a party to the communication or one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception and the purpose of such interception is to obtain evidence of a criminal act.

• sad~ we live in such a police state... where we the people are the enemy instead of the citizens that the police are supposed to protect and serve...

• Don't the cops break this law by filming the traffic stop with a dash mounted camera? Did they ask the drivers permission do film him? 

• The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held on August 11, 2011 that citizens have a first Amendment right to record the police wiithout their knowledge or consent, and never mind that their is "no expectation of privacy" as is required by the definition of "oral communication" referred to in Florida wiretap statute. The expectation of privacy requirement is the same as in the Forth Amendment, so how can any reasonable officer believe that his conversations on duty in a public place are "private."

• I was in that situation once, I wish I could have recorded the audio secretly because there would be one less Hollywood cop on the job now if I did. But I played it safe and stayed quiet while the cop was taunting me, but this happens a lot,,,cops are people too and they will sometimes get pissed about something and take it out on the next person they stop. But,,,You gotta remember that the cops can do what ever they want with you, it's on you to bring it to court and settle the matter.

• i recorded the police on a traffic stop, and got away with it.  I was really being pulled over for mierda and the knew it!!!

• Yes Kevin.. What is the ruling on police filming the public using dash cams?  I don't think I have ever heard a cop say "license and registration please... Oh by the way do I have your approval to record this interaction?"

• The law states the exception is in public. Cops don't know the law.This is on INFOWARS Auston Texas a radio show that reaches 5 million a week.  At the same time the ATF ships guns to Mexico. Fast and Furious that have killed 2 border agents.

• " In Florida, it's illegal to record someone without consent; therefore, filming a cop without his permission is a crime."  So no dash cams for police in florida?

• Yet he still was arrested and still put in jail. The cop may or may not have been aware but will not suffer for either his malice or his ignorance. Simply, the cops have no incentive to get shady areas of the law right and, worse, they face no penalty for being wrong. Meanwhile, citizens are faced with high expenses, lost time, and a harrowing ordeal while the courts have to figure it out. To seek civil penalties against the police often takes money and time, which most defendants lack. There has to be a system to disincentivize cops and prosecutors from simply arresting first and then sorting it out. Especially when the charges are either gray or they are simply trivial, like recording a traffic stop.

• Good Job Mr. Paul,  Thanks for takin the sword...!!!!    I've got a quick key on my phone for the EXACT SAME REASON...!!!!!!    I was pulled over a lil while back for absolutely nothing in Ft. Lauderdale,  but now I'm prepared to record anything at a moments notice ;)

• yeah out of hand definately. where are the autthorities for the authorities?

• This is really getting out of hand. -RG

• Wow what a load of crap!

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