So who pays for the expert witness when you're 9 feet away and get arrested? The cops will say "in my professional judgement, they were within 8 feet". You then have to counter with analysis of the video, which is not something your court-appointed attorney can do.
This law will be used to harrass people documenting police misconduct, and absolutely nothing else.
And what happens if a cop, who is not in physical contact with the arrestee but is arguably part of the arrest, approaches you about your filming? Anything legally ambiguous is risk for the cameraman.
> This law will be used to harrass people documenting police misconduct, and absolutely nothing else.
Only a Sith deals in absolutes. You need only see 1 YouTube video in the category of "am I being detained?" or "cop gets oWNeD by former lawyer" to know this is not true
This law will be used to harrass people documenting police misconduct, and absolutely nothing else.