Recording a Police Officer Could Get You 15 Years in Jail: "Citizens recording their public interactions with police sure seems like the kind of thing that would prevent corruption, harassment and bad behavior by cops. Just don't do it in Illinois, where it's punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Sixty-year-old Chicago artist Christopher Drew is currently facing an eavesdropping charge because he recorded his arrest for 'selling art without a permit.' Eavesdropping - that is, recording conversations, either public or private, without universal consent - is a felony in Illinois, and Drew could face 15 years in prison.
So could Tiawanda Moore, a 20-year-old former stripper who recorded a conversation she had with two Internal Affairs officers about a third police officer whom she was accusing of harassment:"
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