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If you have “a whole crowd” who’re already prepared to risk an obstructing police charge, do you really think adding a potential “filming while too close to a p
by bigiain 4y ago
If you have “a whole crowd” who’re already prepared to risk an obstructing police charge, do you really think adding a potential “filming while too close to a police officer” charge is likely to change their behaviour?
- knodi123 4y agoWell, yeah. What does "obstructing" mean? As an ordinary joe, I would assume it means getting in their way or bothering them or trying to interfere, or even just moving in a way that could be interpreted as threatening. So it's a crowd of people who don't know they're risking charges, because who the hell knows. But if the rule was "stay back 8 feet".... That's a lot less ambiguous. And also recently publicized. I would expect such a rule to change peoples' behavior.