Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
Even if the TDC screener thought filming was illegal does that resolve that person of not knowing the regulations? I thought ignorance of the law was never a defense.
That's in the context of committing the crime that the law makes illegal. If I see somebody take an action that I think is illegal and I notify the police of that, I don't believe that I have any liability for that notification as long as it was taken in good faith (meaning that I believed that the action in question was illegal). The police have an obligation to know the law before arresting somebody for violating it, but I don't believe that a private citizen (which is the role that the TSO had in that case) has an obligation to know it before making a report to an LEO.