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A man was arrested by police for selling art on the side of the road, and when it was discovered that he had a recording device, the arrest had a Class 1 felony attached to it for illegally recording the police.

The judge threw out the law as being over-broad, and that innocent infringers could be prosecuted. One example was a parent video recording a child's soccer game would pick up side conversations.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/03/illinois-judge-law-barring-recording-police-is-unconstitutional.ars

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/03/03/034244/cook-county-judge-says-law-banning-recording-police-is-unconstitutional
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