US state outlaws filming cops too close -- RT World News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "We are extremely concerned that this language violates not only the free speech and press clauses of the First Amendment, but also runs counter to the 'clearly established right' to photograph and record police officers," the letter said, adding that such a right had been codified countless times in court decisions around the country.
49% :Republican Governor Doug Ducey signed the bill into law on Friday, after it was introduced earlier this year by fellow GOP member John Kavanagh, a state representative who has insisted it is "unreasonable, unnecessary and unsafe" to film law enforcement from close-up.
43% :Set to take effect in September, the measure makes it "unlawful for a person to knowingly make a video recording of law enforcement activity" from closer than 8 feet, though violators will be allowed one warning before they are penalized.

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