Bubba... go back and re-read this:
Motorcyclist jailed for 26 hours for videotaping gun-wielding cop
You are being as short sighted as the prosecutor. Do you really need a judge to tell you your actions are legal? After they raid your house, detain your family, you're still okay with yet another judge saying... oopsy, that wont' happen again?
I'd argue 'the cause' of freedom would NOT be necessary without such short sighted prosecutors and people who think the same way. I guess it's because I've lived in OTHER countries where there actually is common sense and there are more freedoms than in the U.S. That prosecutor lost sight of his role as a public servant so much so that he decided to actually prosecute a citizen that also happens to be a member of the military for something completely benign. He's a bad apple and needs to go.