The law is meant to give police a pretense to arrest people recording them and give them plausible deniability; eg "looks like I misjudged the distance". Meanwh

The law is meant to give police a pretense to arrest people recording them and give them plausible deniability; eg "looks like I misjudged the distance". Meanwhile people were still arrested which is a punishment with consequences in of itself. That's in the best case where the charges are dropped, worst case is they have prove it in court with all the associated burdens and costs. Even if they get off, that's still a punishment. And for what? This law isn't needed for any other reason, police already have the authority to clear an area they are working in.