Supreme Court rejects plea to ban taping of police in Illinois

By Jason Meisner
Chicago Tribune
Nov. 27, 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal of a controversial Illinois law prohibiting people from recording police officers on the job.

By passing on the issue, the justices left in place a federal appeals court ruling that found that the state's anti-eavesdropping law violates free-speech rights when used against people who audiotape police officers.



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