I wonder what the police attitude would have been to video footage if they needed it to identify a fleeing criminal?
As with all criminal law issues, context and intent are everything. If filming were to inflame things or obstruct police actions, yes that would be culpable. But there is no law against filming police officers in public, just as there is no law forcing witnesses to avert their eyes when policemen walk by.
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