"Clearly at this time the citizens of Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland and wherever else this happens deserve the government they make for themselves." While

"Clearly at this time the citizens of Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland and wherever else this happens deserve the government they make for themselves." While I understand your rhetorical point, as a citizen of Massachusetts, I can certainly say that I do not feel that I "deserve" to be treated in this manner. Sure, I'll make my voice heard on this issue, but the case discussed in this article represents primarily a decision by the executive branch (police and prosecutors) to apply a law commonly used for wiretapping in this case, and then by the courts to uphold this decision. It's not as if we held a referendum to criminalize filming of police officers.