Who watches the watchers? Checks and balances America, checks and balance.
"Boston police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll rejected the notion that police are abusing the law to block citizen oversight, saying the department trains officers about the wiretap law. “If an individual is inappropriately interfering with an arrest that could cause harm to an officer or another individual, an officer’s primary responsibility is to ensure the safety of the situation,’’ she said."
Maybe my comment could have been written more clear. What I was portraying was the quote from the Boston police spokeswoman's ridiculous comment in regards to this situation--it was not relevant.
So my reply to her and the situation is "Who watches the watchers?" Meaning if the police are there to watch over us, who watches over the police i.e. "checks and balances"--a big ideal when our government was put together.
It is everyone's duty to perform and engage in checks and balance and I believe it is especially your right to record both audio and visual when in public domain.
Furthermore, they are bending this law... it was implemented as a "wiretap law".
"Boston police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll rejected the notion that police are abusing the law to block citizen oversight, saying the department trains officers about the wiretap law. “If an individual is inappropriately interfering with an arrest that could cause harm to an officer or another individual, an officer’s primary responsibility is to ensure the safety of the situation,’’ she said."