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Re:New Arizona law makes it illegal to film within 8 feet of... by woodruffw on Sunday July 10, 2022 @02:10PM (#32047243)
If they feel like they were interfered with, then they could have arrested that person for interference. The law already explicitly admits that case.

The presence of a recording device is, at best, purely immaterial. Criminalizing the act of recording has no bearing on the thing that they’re claiming needs to be criminalized, and in fact already is.

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Re:New Arizona law makes it illegal to film within 8 feet of... by brailsafe on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @06:22AM (#32067852)
I guess I have a more charitable view of cops' intentions. Police don't want to make more arrests than necessary, so I can see how there would be argument to me made to discourage people from testing that.
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