If you were unfamiliar with the name Van Jones after yesterday that may no longer be the case. Jones’s name has been trending on social media since last night after he made the following remarks on President Trump’s Joint Session speech to Congress.

According to Jones, Mr. Trump became “became president of the United States” when he recognized the widow of slain Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens.”

Jones also went on to say, “There are a lot of people who have a lot of reason to be frustrated with him, fearful of him, mad at him.”

“But that was one of the most extraordinary moments you have ever seen in American politics, period.”

Jones said, “He did something extraordinary,” and for people who have been hoping that he would become unifying, hoping that he might find some way to become presidential, they should be happy with that moment.”

Many found Jones’s comments to be off based. Jones has been an outspoken critic of the President since he took office in mid-January of this year, most recently opposing and going after the President on the proposed “Muslim Ban.”

In midst of the tragic happenings between the various police departments across the country and the people of melanoid decent which inhabit its borders, the system of white supremacy has made it most recent calculated chess move.

Last week an Amendment to a Senate Bill in Illinois was quietly passed which now makes it a felony to record police officers and public officials. These officials include attorney generals, assistant attorney generals, states attorneys, and judges.The Amendment to Senate Bill 1342 basically reestablishes an equally unconstitutional eavesdropping law which was previously overturned back in March.

The Amendment is ironic but not surprising given that at the time of the of the bills overturn, The Supreme Court justice noted that the eaves dropping ban:“criminalizes a wide range of innocent conduct,” including “the recording of conversations thatcannot be deemed private: a loud argument on the street, a political debate on a college quad, yelling fans at an athletic event, or any conversation loud enough that the speakers should expect to be heard by others.

None of these examples implicate privacy interest, yet the statute makes it a felony to record each one. Judge in term of the legislative purpose of protecting conversational privacy, the statute’s scope is simply too broad.”This time around, within only two days of its introduction it was passed by both the Illinois House and the Senate.

The new amendment penetrates a loophole in the ‘reasonable expectation of privacy’ standard in law. It does this by stating that any “oral communication between 2 or more persons” is now illegal. Penalties for such offenses include:PUBLIC OFFICIAL- (Class 3 felony) Punishable by a prison sentence of 2 to 4 years.PRIVATE CITIZEN- (Class 4 felony) Punishable by a prison sentence of 1 to 3 years.

The legislation states: (a) Eavesdropping, for a first offense, is a Class 4 felony (from Ch. 38, par. 14-4) and, fora second or subsequent offense, is a Class 3 felony.(b) The eavesdropping of an oral conversation or an electric conversation of any law enforcement officer, State Attorney, Assistants States’ Attorney, the Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, or a judge, while in the performance of his or her official duties, if not Authorized by this article or proper court order, is a class 3 felony, and for a second or subsequent offenses, is a Class 2 felony.

It would be reasonable to conclude that with such high penalties for the offense the masses will be hesitant and even cease further footage ambitions. It would also be just as reasonable to conclude that the recent murders of melanoid people (Michael Brown, Eric Garner,and Tamir Rice etc.) at the hands of law enforcement, which were caught on tape, weighed heavyon the decision. The amendment also cracks the door for further examination of the new proposition to have law enforcement officials wear body cameras. These cameras may “violate” the amendment.

Either way stay tuned… or not!