this nearly happened when my boy whipped out his cell phone as some power hungry cop was kicking us out of a spot last week. his exact words were, and i quote, "were you filming? i wish you were because that's a felony charge." dude was a fucking douche, i thought what he said was bullshit but MD is on that list and that's where it happened. funny how this law only protects the police from being filmed without consent, so when this happens to anyone who isn't a cop then it's not a felony? something seems iffy.
the fact is that this seems to be a first amendment issue, which doesn't protect the freedom of cops to do whatever the fuck they want. especially if they're doing something unreasonable that shouldn't be done in the first place.