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Claim 349

The court found the law restricted a substantial amount of protected activity without being necessary.

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

Statement
The court found the law restricted a substantial amount of protected activity without being necessary.
Field
occurred_on
Value
2023-07-21
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

prohibits or chills a substantial amount of First Amendment protected activity and is unnecessary to prevent interference with police officers given other Arizona laws in effect.