Videotape A Cop...Go To Jail

This smacks of police state.

Growing Number of Prosecutions for Videotaping the Police....

Is the officer on public land? Is he doing his job? Then I should have every right to videotape him. But in some cases, such as the one highlighted in this article, people are being arrested and face possible jail time And I mean REAL jail time. The young man in the article faces 16 years. 16 years for taping a cop? WTF is happening to my country?