Wiretap Charges Tossed in Videotaping of Trooper http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/maryland/wiretap-charges-tossed-in-videotaping-of-trooper-092710 Updated: Tuesday, 28 Sep 2010, 8:12 AM EDT Published : Monday, 27 Sep 2010, 9:06 PM EDT By BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press Writer BALTIMORE - A judge threw out criminal charges Monday against a Maryland man who videotaped his traffic stop by a plainclothes state trooper and posted the video on YouTube. Anthony J. Graber III had been indicted under Maryland's wiretap law, which requires the consent of both parties to record a private conversation. His video shows the trooper pulling his gun and telling Graber to get off his motorcycle before he identifies himself as a police officer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK5bMSyJCsg&feature=related [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK5bMSyJCsg&feature=related][/ame] Harford County Circuit Judge Emory A. Plitt Jr. ruled that the wiretap law did not apply to a traffic stop because the conversation was not private. More at the link above!