Re:New Arizona law makes it illegal to film within 8 feet of...
by vkou on Sunday July 10, 2022 @02:20PM
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Then this law is utterly useless, because police could always make someone standing over their shoulder move away. Why did the legislature pass it?
Why did one of the officers at the George Floyd killing walk over to the camera man, and tell him to stop filming? If he has this law behind him, he wouldn't have covered for the murder by also interpreting it in a self-serving manner?
If you're in that situation, what exactly do you think you're going to win by getting into a legal debate with a cop?
The real yikes here is the presumption that the police will behave legally, honorably, and with the public's interests in mind. They don't. It's not in their culture to do it, it's not in our culture to enforce that they do.
Why did one of the officers at the George Floyd killing walk over to the camera man, and tell him to stop filming? If he has this law behind him, he wouldn't have covered for the murder by also interpreting it in a self-serving manner?
If you're in that situation, what exactly do you think you're going to win by getting into a legal debate with a cop?
The real yikes here is the presumption that the police will behave legally, honorably, and with the public's interests in mind. They don't. It's not in their culture to do it, it's not in our culture to enforce that they do.