Cops arrested an Illinois man and tried to hit him with a
15-year jail sentence for “eavesdropping” after the man
filmed his own traffic stop, in another example of how
citizens are being intimidated out of documenting the
actions of public servants despite every single case against
Americans for recording police officers being thrown out of
court.“I’m just an ordinary citizen. I was on my way to the movies, and all of a sudden I’m facing
a felony and 15 years in prison,” Frobe told ABC7.