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3 3 a baltimore city police officer is sussended because of this videooa woman was recording him during a routine po stop her.megan illiland is here with a story you're seeing first on fox. good morning patrice,the problee or the officer is that grabbing a cell phoneeor camera is against the department rulessand a violation of youu rights. listen in... in...:37 let me see your id(looks like his camera is up) you can have my id. ok, let 3 me get your id sir. but it's not against the lawwfor me to video what you're doing. you're own priiate i'm on private proert y.come on over here.ttok my phone phooefrom that point, the woman's phone remains on top of a car as police issue a citation to her for treaspassing on private property. the video was taken

tuesday night... in cherry hill.fox45 took it right to commissioner fred bealefeld... 3&13:22:11 i'm incredibible disturbed by what i saw in there.13:23:20 were immediately suspending the officer involved. 1:11:31 it really is just a disgusting and appalling abuse of police power and it's shocking while thh baltimore city police is in the midst of being sued by us over this percise issue. issue. just last month... just last month... the police department announced a new policy that allows residents to videotape officers without fear of arrest.it came as the departmmnt was tryiig to keep forward. in that case,,a man at away by police... who erased n - all the video.i'm megaa if you want to see the entire officer suspended...go to ffx baltimore dot com... the whole

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across the city of baltimore promoting free cell phones... it's a program that áyouá are helping to pay for.we look t a federal program that's gotten out of control ... not just in baltimore buu across the country. in this morning's cover story, we examine the "free phone frenzy." frenzy." 01:10:44"i hhve another one in my pocket too"baltimoreeccty plennly of cell phones"i have - about six in my purse right now"and a few more at home 01:12: 30"each and everyyne of these phones work, and i know i have about 30 at home and she manaaes to amass such a id - ceelular jackpot?01:11:57q:

"how long did it take you to get these phones"""five minutes to get this one, and i walkkd out with it just now" well, partly thanks to you. that's because anyone wwo pays a cell phone bill, also &psubsidizes the phones filling up monique's purse. courtesy monnly bill called a universal access fee.35:11"if you're wondering where the money comes from, take oot your cell ppone bbll and look at that line that says universal program called life line orginally intended to insure everyone has access to a landline phone and 911 emergency service.00:31;57 "it's clearly not what the law was ogrinally intended to do" but as since evolved into something entirely different say people who have use it. privvte pre-paid cell phone phones to people in baltimore - and dozens of other cities who receive government aid all paid ffr by you.12"16"there are too many of them out there and they are more of problem

people"in baltimore, this man whose identiiy we protected says the program has made the free phones so easy to get that people occasionally are now selling them, sometimes to drug dealers.18:07"drug dealers are not going to tand in line for a phone, he's got a phooe,,but after somebody standsin line and get's it 14:58"they're verywhere'hone"" indeed the numbers show just how 'everywhere" they are.in maryland the numebr of lifeline beneficiaries has balloned rrm 6000 subscribers in 2008 to 231,000 in 2011. a jump that has the upped the costs from less than a million ddllars a year to $24 million last year.it's an escalating price tag that has a billion dollars a yeer to the program accros the country.33:20"a feww years ago, someone had the idea that hey we ought to convert it to, in addition to land liness we shhuld offer &pcell phones, and that's when thii thing go out of control" that's why arkansas congressman tim griffin is sponsoring legislation that would eliminate free cell program.00:34:31"if we can't

cut this than we're in big prouble when it ccmes to cutting othee wasteful spending, becuase this is easy" the fcc is also trying to crackdown.last year they searched the database looking for people who had recieved more than one phone. they fund over a quarter of million offfree cell phones won't be easy.we asked a worrer at a location giiing away phones if ttey check to see if applicants alrrady receievd a free phoneandthe employee told us yes.1:16:29q;"can people get multiple cell phones?"a; "nobut accorring to crawford, controls ae lax1:12;36"i could go to the same plaae tomorroo and get another hone it's a disconnect that bothh people in baltimore.1:08:23 "not eveyrbody is going toodo the right thingand members of congress.00:34:266wehere does &pthis end?"means the lifeline we spoke to the f-c--, who administers the "life line" they've recently issued new

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