Looking at this video, is the filming person in the car more than eight feet away from all of the involved police at all times? Because there are cops coming and going, and if one of them approached the car, the filming person would be compelled to either stop recording or get out the other side of the car.
Laws like this are built for abuse. On the face of it, the law is reasonable, if mildly pointless. In practice, it relies on a very specific distance being maintained at all times, even if one of the cops decides to approach the cameraman, and relies on the police to estimate that eight feet in good faith.
This is going to lead to a lot of arrests and a lot of dismissed charges, but the net result will be a general chilling effect on recording police, because there are just too many things that can go wrong and run you afoul of this law.
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Looking at this video, is the filming person in the car more than eight feet away from all of the involved police at all times? Because there are cops coming and going, and if one of them approached the car, the filming person would be compelled to either stop recording or get out the other side of the car.
Laws like this are built for abuse. On the face of it, the law is reasonable, if mildly pointless. In practice, it relies on a very specific distance being maintained at all times, even if one of the cops decides to approach the cameraman, and relies on the police to estimate that eight feet in good faith.
This is going to lead to a lot of arrests and a lot of dismissed charges, but the net result will be a general chilling effect on recording police, because there are just too many things that can go wrong and run you afoul of this law.