-nd graber stopped for speeding and camera rollinn. >> this caught oo tape.ryland trooper in plain bike before he identifiedff the himself as a police officer. ú%aber posted it on auto "youtube" and he was charged with violating maryland wire tapping law. it requires both parties to record a private conversation. but judge has ttrown out the charges against graber and %--olice.from maryland state >> the judge ruled, and weewill certainly live with that ruling. >> we are ecstatic. >> graber's attorney on the ruling. what he was charged with, ssiply was not a crime. >> circuit judge plitttruled monday that the trooper had no expectation of privacy when he arrested grrber. went oo to say the wire tapping law does not apply. graber's attorney called it a victory for the public in recording police conducc. >> those recordings, are frequently the only reason that public misconduct ever comes to. and they are frequently the only reason that public offfcials are actually able to be held accountable. >> this was a situation whhre, again, they had a belieffthat violati

when hh arrested graber and the wiretapping law does not apply. relieved.eis facing the traffic violationncharges, though. live frommcity headquarters, i'm megan gilliland. fox 45 early edition. >>> a man is deaddafter a fight in baltimore county, pooice were called to stone gate court iniesville t 11:30 last night. when they arrived, they found a man lyinggon the street. they saw people fighting and the police are still looking for the suspects. >>>>thh suspect who stabbed a man at security square mall in baltimore county is still n the %-it happened yesterday at about 11:00 a.m. the victim is a student at the north ammrican ttade ccool whichhis located inside of thee3 mall. he was stabbed n the back and taken to shock trauma. there's no word on his condition. >>> anne arundel ccuntt police are searchinn for the driver who they say hit a teenager while he was out ridiig his bike ooer the weekend. the 16 years old was on sunrise3 beacc road near tte veteran %-he was hit by behind.iht when he ent to shock trauma and is expected to be okay. >> of thh innestig

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video shows the trooper killing the guu and telling graber to was himsslf as a police officer.orney wwth the a.c.l.u. calls it a victory for the public in recording policc glux those recordings are frequently tte only reason that public misconduct ever comes to lightt and they are frequently the only reason that public officials are actually able to be held accountable. >> graber still faces traffic the ffrst casino in the state o3 business. >> everybody ready to play slots? >> hollywooddcasino in perryville opeeed the doors at hollywood had a o-called soft opening saturday. and things went very well. maayland gaming officials decided to ssgn the license sunday. paving the way for today's early owning. >> well normally i doosomething productive on monday morning. ú%ke plly golf. or do some other recreatiooal thing. i said, well, lets deviatt from the normaalactiviiy. ú%d why not try to gamble. >> he has fun on monday. two hours into the opening, a baltimore woman won $5000 on a dollar slot machine. onto the question of the day. ú%ll you play slots in maryland casinos? 52 percen

that prompted state police to charge graber with three felony wiretapping counts.d to take him to trial but a circuit court judge dropped the charges essentially dismissing the case. graber's attorney says the ruling means recording police on the job is now not a crime in maryland. >> the judge held that the state police -- the state place -- police or any other police officer have no reasonable expectation of privacy in their public on the job communications. >> reporter: the state's attorney has the option to appeal. meanwhile, a spokesman for the state police says if a trooper encounters a video camera in the future they will allow the recording to continue. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. >>> 6:47. the johns hopkins doctor shot in the stomach a week and a half ago is out of the hospital. a local publication reports that dr. cohen was released last night. 50-year-old paul warren pardis shot the doctor after telling him about his mother's diagnosis. he shot his mother before shooting himself. no word on when the doctor will return to work. >>> a reputed gang

anthony graber first thought he was being robbed and started to videotape the state trooper. then posted it on youtube. that prompted state police to charge him with three felony wiretapping counts. the state's attorney planned to take him to trial but a circuit court judge dropped the charges essentially dismissing the case. graber's attorney says the ruling means recording police on the job is not a crime in maryland. >> this seemingly minor traffic encounter has turned into something that raises very important questions about what it means to live in a democracy. >> reporter: the state's attorney has the option to appeal. meanwhile, a spokesman for the state police says if a trooper encounters a video camera in the future they will allow the recording to continue. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. >>> 6:02. the johns hopkins doctor shot in the stomach a week and a half ago is out of the hospital. a local publication reports that dr. david cohen was released last night. 50-year-old paul warren pardis shot the doctor after telling him about his doctor's diagnosis. he then

after the video hit youtube, police arrested graber. now a judge has dismissed charges he was taping the officer illegally. the judge says he had every right to record a cop doing this job out in public. >>> a germantown man says he and a co-conspirator charged more than 50 people $5,000 each for fake citizenship papers. 29 year old robert fred mahia plead guilty to in person ating an immigration and cuts ops officer. he says he would meet with folks needing immigration help all while dressed as an agent. prosecutors say the victims lost at least $400,000. >>> police forces are on the list for potential budget cuts in montgomery county as executives say all options are on the table to handle yet another financial crisis. >> he's looking at across-the- board cuts of up to 10-15% to deal with a shortfall of between 100 and $200 million. gary is here with what that means for the folks on the ground. gary? >> reporter: derek and anita, legett says he's not considering more taxes now but he also says everything is on the table so fewer servi

graber says that is where the voters have to make choices and use their own filters and knowledge of the issues and being be -- an informed member of the electorate to separate the truths from the lies. >> we expect candidates not simply to engage in a little bit of exaggeration but a great deal of exaggeration and voters are expected to know that. vote for me and we'll be out of this recession within five days. highly unlikely, but in fact we decided voters can decide that. >> reporter:s roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >> graber says our politics have become so polarized over the past 20 years or so that even if the candidates runs a spot that criticizes candidate b, for example, that is undisputabley true, the voter of the other candidate won't believe it. something to keep in mind. stay with us and abc2news.com for continuing coverage of primary day in maryland. tonight we'll have all the updates on today's voting and the races starting on abc2 news at 5:00 with results tonight at 11:00. we'll have live team coverage. you can get updates throughout the day any time on-line at abc2n

however, we spoke to the university of maryland law school dean mark graber and he says the mailings and other political speeches are protected by the first amendment. it's up to you as a voter to decide what is the truth. >> most political rhetoric is aimed at a small and increasingly getting smaller middle. these people are more persuadable in part because they generally are ambivalent and in part because it turns out in many cases the middle, or the so-called middle is in fact composed of people who are less tuned in to politics. >> he says our society is so politically polarized it's hard to change peoples' minds once those minds are made up. we want to remind you abc2 news is your source for democracy 2010. tonight at 11:00, we'll have live team coverage of the hottest races in the area. and of course we'll bring you the latest results from all the major races as this mid-term primary continues on. log on to abc2news.com. we have you covered for the up to the minute results. you can read the results as well as watch interviews with most of the candidates in certain primary races

dropped three wire tapping counts that have been filed against the driver of that motorcycle anti graber. the attorney can still appeal sot attorney didn't want him to speak but the attorney believes the fact that the charges were dropped is a victory. >> get of the motorcycle. get off the motorcycle. state police. >> reporter: when the man jumped out of the unmarked car anthony thought he was being robbed. was being given a ticket for going 85 miles an hour. he admits he was speeding but when he posted the video police responded with more serious felony wire tapping charges. the hartford county state's attorney planned to take him to trial but now the judge has granted amotion from his attorney davis miss the case. >> they said the state police or any other police officer have no reasonable expectation of privacy in their public on the job communications. >> reporter: an attorney for the aclu said his organization got involved with the case because he said there have been previous incidents where officers told people to stop recording or took their cameras. >> we have always thought tha

the university of maryland law school dean mark graber says those mailings and other political speech is protected by the first amendment and it's up to the voter to decide the truth. >>> most political rhetoric is aimed at a small and increasingly smaller middle. these people are more persuadable in part because they generally are ambivalent and in part because it turns out in many cases the middle, or the so-called middle is in fact composed of people who are less tuned in to politics. >> he says our society is so politically polarized it's hard to change peoples' minds once they are made up. >>> the trial for the man accused of killing former city councilman ken harris expected to take almost a month to finish. yesterday monica foreman-robinson harris took the stand. the only person known to have seen harris's death. she said she saw someone in a halloween mask shouting at harris before he got into his car. she then said harris was shot as he tried to drive away. the state claims suspect jerome williams' dna ties him to the mask. the attorney disputes the claim. >> no one can ident

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