Saturday, June 18, 2005

N'yuk, N'yuk, N'yuk...

Why I oughtta...

BLAM!

Woob...woob...woob..woob...

Film a Cop, Get Prosecuted

"During the summer, Patrick Thompson and Martel Miller filmed traffic stops around this college town in the hope that showing the resulting documentary would prompt discussion of how police officers interact with blacks.

"They succeeded, but not in the way they planned. Police seized their film and Champaign County prosecutors charged them with violating Illinois' eavesdropping law."


But no problem when it's the other way around, right, citizens?

[Thanks to Rick Stanley for passing this one along.]