Claim

Claim 53

Journalists and the public may film police from ordinary distances while the injunction remains in place.

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

Statement: Journalists and the public may film police from ordinary distances while the injunction remains in place.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Buffer-zone law enforcement blocked
About: incident 2025-federal-judge-blocks-louisiana-buffer-law
Source: Judge blocks enforcement of Louisiana's 25-foot buffer zone for police archived copy
Publisher: Yahoo News / AP
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2025-01-31

Quotation from the source

The distance required is likely to impede Plaintiffs' non-obstructive newsgathering. … Therefore, the Act has a chilling effect on Plaintiffs' First Amendment rights.