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New Arizona law makes it illegal to record police within 8 feet of an arrest

The bill was drafted after Tuscon officers complained that bystanders were recording them too close. Critics say it violates the First Amend

news.yahoo.com

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I think a lot of people understand why this is bad, but in case some don’t let me explain.

The nation was horrified by the recording of George Floyd being murdered. But what if it had never been recorded? Would Derek Chauvin still be out? Would they have tossed the case due to insufficient evidence?

Look, the 2020 protests resulted in laws being passed to hold police accountable. Were they fully successful? No. Does more need to be done? Yes. But there was more being done than I’ve ever seen.

Now, in the space of a few months we have

• The SCOTUS ruling prisoners don’t have the right to an appeal.
• The SCOTUS ruling that cops can’t be sued for failing to Mirandize people.
• The SCOTUS rule the government can charge nonIndigenous people for commiting crimes on tribal land, stripping Native Americans of tribal sovereignty.
• And in Arizona, people can’t record cops within 8 feet of an arrest.

This is not an accident or a coincidence. Conservatives are sending a message that no matter what cops do, they will back cops up. They are saying that they don’t like cops being held accountable. These rulings should be taken as retaliation for any policy passed that protects BIPOC and hold police accountable.

For anybody who looks at this and goes
“8 feet? That sounds reasonable, you might be getting in their way at that distance”
Please follow this through to it’s logical consequence.

Imagine You are filming a cop do something the cop doesn’t want filmed, one of his cop buddies now starts aggressively walking at you or telling you to come to him, now you are either:

A) Fleeing from a cop or refusing to obey a command from a cop, a thing they can, *have*, and *will* kill over.

B) Filming a cop from closer than 8 feet, which they can now arrest you over.

Don’t shoot them with a camera from now on…

Shoot ‘em with Magnum .500