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Re:New Arizona law makes it illegal to film within 8 feet of... by zimpenfish on Sunday July 10, 2022 @02:17PM (#32047320)
"IF THE PERSON MAKING THE VIDEO RECORDING IS WITHIN EIGHT FEET OF WHERE THE PERSON KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING"

A cop walking toward them from 20ft away won't shift the locus of the law enforcement activity (unless he's dragging the prisoner, I suppose) and this should be ruled out as infringement - it would be a ridiculous stretch to say "the mere presence of a cop means law enforcement activity is occurring".

Re:New Arizona law makes it illegal to film within 8 feet of... by suzzer99 on Sunday July 10, 2022 @02:20PM (#32047344)
Law enforcement activity is so vague it can be wherever the cop says it is.
Re:New Arizona law makes it illegal to film within 8 feet of... by TOMDM on Sunday July 10, 2022 @02:35PM (#32047505)
It seems pretty reasonable that a court will decide that "a law enforcement activity" isn't a single point in space but an area that encompasses the situation. From there it's a pretty reasonable expectation that all involved officers are included in that area.

Unless you think it really is just a singular point in which case any large situation makes the distance restriction meaningless...

Re:New Arizona law makes it illegal to film within 8 feet of... by zimpenfish on Sunday July 10, 2022 @04:44PM (#32048820)
> "a law enforcement activity" isn't a single point in space but an area that encompasses the situation

Obviously it's an area but ...

> it's a pretty reasonable expectation that all involved officers are included in that area

That doesn't necessarily follow - 2 cops arresting someone whilst 10 are on, say, crowd or traffic control shouldn't include those 10 cops in the LEA because they're not part of the "activity", per se, but supporting actors, no? Same goes for one that wanders away from the arrest - they're no longer an active participant and can't be included in the "activity", surely?

(Now, I agree, the courts might well say "wherever cops are is a LEA" but I don't think they'd get away with it without shenanigans like SCOTUS.)