"some states are 2-party consent states, which means, both parties have to consent to an audio recording." IANAL, but I believe that there is no state where th

"some states are 2-party consent states, which means, both parties have to consent to an audio recording." IANAL, but I believe that there is no state where this applies to public recording. The issue is "expectation of privacy". http://www.rcfp.org/taping/consent.html http://www.rcfp.org/taping/consent.html In the rochester case, the public servant informed Ms Good that they did not feel safe, and then used the "refusal to obey a police instruction" as the crime. However, citizens are only required to obey lawful instructions. I do not believe that the instruction was lawful. Until our public servants in law enforcement are educated on the matter of law, a citizen will be taking a risk in exercising their rights. I believe that it is our duty to do so.