Claim

Claim 348

The bill's sponsor said the law addressed groups he considered antagonistic to police that filmed from dangerously close distances.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The bill's sponsor said the law addressed groups he considered antagonistic to police that filmed from dangerously close distances.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Bill responds to groups following police to film encounters
About: incident 2023-arizona-police-recording-law-struck-down
Source: Federal Judge Strikes Down Arizona Law Limiting Ability to Record Police
Publisher: Reason
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2023-07-24

Quotation from the source

because there are groups hostile to the police that follow them around to videotape police incidents, and they get dangerously close to potentially violent encounters.