# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2023-arizona-police-recording-law-struck-down)
- Source: Federal Judge Strikes Down Arizona Law Limiting Ability to Record Police. https://reason.com/2023/07/24/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.

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/348. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.