To: Governor J.B. Pritzker
SPEAK UP AGAINST Senate Bill 1342
Illinois Just Made it a Felony for Its Citizens to Video Record the Police and the Media is Silent!
Why is this important?
The bill discourages people from recording the police by making unlawfully recording police – or an attorney general, assistant attorney general, state’s attorney, assistant state’s attorney or judge – a class 3 felony, which carries a sentence of two to four years in prison. Meanwhile, the bill makes illegal recording of a private citizen a class 4 felony, which carries a lower sentencing range of one to three years in prison.
We can also stop this bill by calling the office of Illinois governor, Pat Quinn, at 312-814-2121, and demand that he veto the Amendment to Senate Bill 1342. Or you can email him at this link.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/illinois-felony-citizens-record-police-media-silent/#uUZ6k6kBIDGbfQ7R.99
We can also stop this bill by calling the office of Illinois governor, Pat Quinn, at 312-814-2121, and demand that he veto the Amendment to Senate Bill 1342. Or you can email him at this link.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/illinois-felony-citizens-record-police-media-silent/#uUZ6k6kBIDGbfQ7R.99