<story><title>Arizona passes law criminalizing recording of police (within 8 ft)</title><url>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/07/arizona-recording-police-illegal/10009423002/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Spacemolte</author><text>I cannot help to wonder how long it will take for the following scenario to play out.&lt;p&gt;1. Someone films the police from a distance.
2. The police moves closer, and either gets too close and arrests you. or..
3. You start moving away from them, and they yell stop, and arrest you for trying to run from them, or for not complying.&lt;p&gt;I hope you guys fix whatever is going on in your country.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ryandrake</author><text>This is the predictable and obvious goal of the law: To give law enforcement an easy way to criminalize someone who is trying to hold them accountable. All the police have to do to arrest a photographer is suddenly run up within 8 feet of them. They can also now fan out in a cop-mesh, 8 feet from one another, so that nobody without a telephoto lens can get close enough to film their ill deeds.</text></comment>
<story><title>Arizona passes law criminalizing recording of police (within 8 ft)</title><url>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/07/arizona-recording-police-illegal/10009423002/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Spacemolte</author><text>I cannot help to wonder how long it will take for the following scenario to play out.&lt;p&gt;1. Someone films the police from a distance.
2. The police moves closer, and either gets too close and arrests you. or..
3. You start moving away from them, and they yell stop, and arrest you for trying to run from them, or for not complying.&lt;p&gt;I hope you guys fix whatever is going on in your country.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pif</author><text>You forgot 4: you keep filming while they are far enough and stop when they get close to you. This way, you comply with the law, and you have enough material for court in case of misbehavior.</text></comment>