New Arizona law makes it illegal to film within 8 feet of police

Re:New Arizona law makes it illegal to film within 8 feet of... by codegeek on Sunday July 10, 2022 @02:22PM (#32047374)

The point is that Laws have interpretations. This law is unnecessary and not required. Police already can arrest you for interfering. This law is an attempt to stop citizens from recording the police.

Before this law: I as a citizen can record a police activity reasonably from anywhere. Even up close as long as I am not interfering for which I can already get arrested

After this law: I as a citizen am never sure if it is a good idea to record because the new law can have many interpretations. Do I want to risk filming and getting approached by a Bad Cop on a Power trip who will tell me it is illegal to record ?

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Re:New Arizona law makes it illegal to film within 8 feet of... by creato on Sunday July 10, 2022 @02:36PM (#32047510)

> Do I want to risk filming and getting approached by a Bad Cop on a Power trip who will tell me it is illegal to record ?

That was already the case. If you assume bad intent, this law changes nothing. If you assume good intent, this law is codifying reasonable behavior.

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Re:New Arizona law makes it illegal to film within 8 feet of... by DangitBobby on Sunday July 10, 2022 @02:57PM (#32047740)

What if I'm filming from 8 feet away with good intent and a cop who is doing naughty things walks towards me so they have a legal basis to keep me from filming? And to confiscate what I've already filmed?

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Re:New Arizona law makes it illegal to film within 8 feet of... by codegeek on Sunday July 10, 2022 @03:06PM (#32047834)

I disagree. Now the Bad Cops have a reason to try and intimidate you further. It is a pointless Law in my opinion but we can agree to disagree.

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