Man Charged With Wiretapping For Taping His Own Arrest

I think the cops may have a problem on their hands. Yes, the man was arrested for DWI and should rightfully be sitting in jail. However, the officers don't understand that since he was in public, there is no expectation of privacy and the man was indeed within his rights to audio record his arrest. It would be no different if I were recording the arrest from across the street.

The law works both ways and unfortunately for the cops, they may have a nasty lawsuit on their hands. If he were recording over the phone or something like that, it would be wiretapping, but since he was recording what was in the public, it's not.

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com