Arizona: New Law Will Make it Illegal to Film Within Eight Feet of Police

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New Arizona Law Will Make it Illegal to Film Within Eight Feet of Police
Civil liberties groups oppose the law, saying it will impede First Amendment–protected activity and protect bad cops.

8 July 2022

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, signed a bill into law Wednesday that will make it illegal to film the police within eight feet. The legislation, H.B. 2319, makes it a misdemeanor offense to continue filming police activity from within eight feet of an officer after receiving a verbal warning. The bill originally restricted filming the police from no closer than 15 feet away, but it was amended after criticisms. There are also exceptions for filming the police in a private residence, during a traffic stop, and for the subject of a police encounter. But the law qualifies those exceptions, ...

New Arizona Law Will Make it Illegal to Film Within Eight Feet of Police

Civil liberties groups oppose the law, saying it will impede First Amendment–protected activity and protect bad cops.

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It is Now Illegal to Film Near Police Officers in Arizona

8 July 2022

Frequent readers of the Free Thought Project know that filming the cops is not a crime. Despite this being a widely known provision — held up with multiple court precedents — cops continue to violate the First Amendment protected right of citizens to film the police. Earlier this year, the Arizona House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would criminalize filming cops on the job, dealing a massive blow to First Amendment rights. The following month, the Senate passed it, and on Wednesday, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed it into law. On Sept. 24 it will be illegal to record ...

It is Now Illegal to Film Near Police Officers in Arizona

This law will undoubtedly be used by police to further oppress those who attempt to assert their right to film the police.

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Arizona to Ban Recording Police Within Eight Feet
Sounds a tad unconstitutional.

10 July 2022

A new Arizona law will make it illegal for people to film police activity from less than eight feet away in most circumstances, raising questions about the limits of the First Amendment and the public’s role in police accountability. The law, signed by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey on Wednesday and set to take effect in September, states that “it is unlawful for a person to knowingly make a video recording of law enforcement activity if the person making the video recording is within eight feet of where the person knows or reasonably should know that law enforcement activity is occurring” ...

Arizona to ban recording police within eight feet

Sounds a tad unconstitutional.

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Arizona Makes It Illegal To Record Cops From Less Than Eight Feet Away

15 July 2022

Courts (with the rare exception) are in agreement: there’s a First Amendment right to film cops. With every citizen carrying a camera these days, there’s a lot more filming happening. And those recordings have often proven key when cops face criminal charges for violating rights or, you know, murdering people. It’s little wonder cops aren’t thrilled about the recordings they can’t control. But that should be a cop problem that goes unresolved in the interest of improving accountability. Instead, the desire to curtail recordings by citizens has been taken up by legislators, who have created legislation that would criminalize this ...

Arizona Makes It Illegal To Record Cops From Less Than Eight Feet Away

Courts (with the rare exception) are in agreement: there’s a First Amendment right to film cops. With every citizen carrying a camera these days, there’s a lot more filming happening. A…

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