Recording public officials in Chicago, especially polices officers, is a crime that the city doesn’t take lightly. One of 12 states that has a “two-party” consent law, public recordings of the CPD is a Class 1 felony, possibly leveraging prison sentences between 4 and 15-years in the state pen and fines up to $25,000.
Other crimes that carry this sentence? Criminal sexual assault, possession of heroine/cocaine/LSD, and kidnapping.
Currently, an artist and a woman are facing charges for recording CPD officers with out consent under the Illinois eavesdropping law. Moore used her Blackberry to record two police investigators while filing a sexual harassment complaint against a police officer, and Drew used a digital recorder to record his arrest while allegedly selling art without a permit.
Police officers in Illinois can record citizens in both public and private settings, but there’s no “turn about is fair play” clause. Read the full article »
It’s hard to tell in the age of reality entertainment whether affairs have become more commonplace, or if they’ve simply been spotlighted by entertainment hungry news media. From Tiger Woods down to those couples who get caught on the reality show, Cheaters, every newscast seems to bring another infidelity to light. Were sexual indiscretions rampant 30-years ago? Probably; however, they didn’t rank as headline-leading news at the 6 PM hour. The ironic thing about marital – or any – sexual affair is that suspicion of an affair is fine, but gathering solid proof of one often puts the spurned partner on the wrong side of the law. Although morally frowned upon,
