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The second the cop got out of the car with his gun drawn, on the side of a public road he gave up his right to privacy. If a journalist was there, his pic was fair game or video was fair game and you don't have to be a journalist. First Amendment 101.
What's next, one can't video a beat down by the police in the street? I don't think so, these privacy laws were meant to protect the individual in their home, car, hotel rooms, bathrooms, etc...
As the second web site talks about, this has been tried by the police only to be thrown out by the Judges. They were just pissed it showed the cop for who he is, drawing a gun on a motorcyclist (who if you watch the whole two minute plus video was not moving much faster than traffic, cars at times passed him) and not identifying himself as a officer of the law, no badge shown or markings on the car, that I could see. LEO giving the rest a bad name imo.
BTW just bought one from COSTCO for $100 (great deal) for my son's off road adventures and when my nephew informed me of this I decided I would ride with it to show my side of the story.