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Sounds like a law (in IL) designed to allow police/district attorney to harass citizens. Note that, per the story, no-one has actually been convicted of recording a police officer - but the threat is surely useful for the police dept. The law should be repealed, or overturned by the courts (although then someone will whine about "activist judges", the ACLU, or complain that the constitution doesn't explicitly say anything about video/tape recording).