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- Disturbing the peace - Resisting/obstructing an officer - Failure to disperse - violating curfew (journalists are exempted here) According to the report m
by tppiotrowski 6y ago
- Disturbing the peace
- Resisting/obstructing an officer
- Failure to disperse
- violating curfew (journalists are exempted here)
According to the report most charges are being thrown out. Do reporters have immunity to the first 3 violations in that list during a protest?
- pwinnski 6y agoThey should, yes. "Disturbing the peace" seems to be fabricated, and resisting and officer and failure to disperse should not be applied to journalists given our press freedoms.
- chrisseaton 6y ago> "Disturbing the peace" seems to be fabricated Aren't all laws 'fabricated' by legislators? But disturbing the peace is a law like any other, whether you think it's a 'natural' or 'fabricated' law. It's pretty ancient more like natural laws.
- PeterisP 6y agoDisturbing the peace is a valid law, however, if the police unilaterally assert that someone filming police actions is "disturbing the peace", that's simply a fabrication that as no disturbing the peace has actually been done by that person.