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It always bugs me when police turn off cameras in situations like this. How is it not evidence tampering?

• sjtrny 12y ago
  Evidence tampering refers to manipulating evidence once it has been collected not while it is being created.
  • johnpmayer 12y ago
    I'm no lawyer, but to me, that's an interpretation that's more to-the-letter than in-the-spirit. A savvy judge could conceivably consider evidence collection mechanism tampering a special case of evidence tampering.
  • yew 12y ago
    That's 'collected' only in the sense that the evidence has come into existence and legal proceedings have become a possibility. Speaking only for the US and as far as I'm aware, it isn't necessary for the evidence to actually be in the possession of any legal authority or for any legal proceedings to be underway. Deleting incriminating emails in contemplation of future investigation is tampering with evidence, for example. I won't comment on police video recordings - knowledge and intent play a significant role in whether or not a crime has occurred, here.
• wfjackson 12y ago
  The gamer asked them to turn off the streaming as he was going to give them personal info and didn't want it to be broadcast.