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Most police interaction goes unobserved by a third party so, if I understand the bill correctly, at a minimum this means recording your own arrest is illegal.
by abetusk 4y ago
Most police interaction goes unobserved by a third party so, if I understand the bill correctly, at a minimum this means recording your own arrest is illegal.
EDIT: It sounds like recording any interaction you have with a police officer is now illegal, if they're within 8ft of you.
- gruez 4y agoBased on the full text quoted by another commenter https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32047580 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32047580, this does not seem to be the case. Specifically: > > B. notwithstanding subsection A of this section, a person who is the subject of police contact may record the encounter if the person is not interfering with lawful police actions, including searching, handcuffing or administering a field sobriety test. The occupants of a vehicle that is the subject of a police stop may record the encounter if the occupants are not interfering with lawful police actions.
- abetusk 4y agoWell, at least that's good. Just as a note, most people record with their phones out and pointed at the subject they're recording. From watching many of these videos, police routinely ask people recording to put their phones away, even though they aren't interfering. It seems likely that police will use the excuse that the mere act of recording in this way is interfering and can be used to stop recording or to arrest the person recording.
- crooked-v 4y agoOf course, given qualified immunity, there's nothing to actually prevent cops from acting like they don't know that clause exists.