I think this is a bit overblown. They only changed “interfering” from a misdemeanor to a felony. They didn’t change the definition interfering. If you’re filming the cops from a safe distance and not interfering, you have an easy to win lawsuit on your hands if they arrest you for legal filming.
… Which is exactly what happens all the time
I double dare you to go to Texas, find a police officer arresting someone and you go film them from a safe distance. Bonus points if you don’t have a white skin.
If you survive the ordeal, I’ll see you when you get out of prison after 2 months of waiting for a trial that then never happened because of course they know they can’t jail you for this but they can actually jail you for this until a judge finally says no.
The real USA doesn’t work like the theory USA
In Texas, if you can’t pay bail, it can be years (until the statute of limitations runs out). If you can pay bail, you can get out the next day, but can be out on bail for years (which can come with restrictions of personal freedoms, and is public record [hope you don’t need to find a job during that time]), with court dates every few months, and the DA resetting at the last minute. (personal experience).
They can already arrest you and do all that with interfering as a misdemeanor. Reclassifying interfering as a felony doesn’t change anything in your scenario. Don’t get me wrong, this is bad, but it doesn’t directly give cops more power. It just increases the punishment for something that is already a crime.
You’re talking about something completely different
I said filing from a safe distance, that is not interfering and legally very allowed but in practice always a problem
And how does changing the punishment for that crime change this situation at all?
Guess every Tesla and anyone with a dashcam will be automatically in violation.
And any establishment/property that has security cameras or a doorbell camera.
That feeling when you’re doing everything according to the law, then a cop walks into the frame and you become an instant felon.
Where did all the freedom loving Americans run off to?
So don’t point a camera at them. I mean they’re cops, there’s so many better things to point at them.
My butt plug!
Oh hey look, yet another reason to never go to their trash state.
Then we just make it a felony to record stuff in any office…CSPAN is so screwed, and so are we.
Nothing to hide, nothing to fear.
“Saying you don’t need privacy because you have nothing to hide is like saying you don’t need freedom of speech because you have nothing to say.” - Edward Snowden
Nothing to say, nothing to fear
“sir, I’m not recording you. I’m recording your uniform.”
Good way to get beat to death.
Don’t talk to police.
My parents came to the US of A because of corruption just like this in their homeland. How far we’ve come.
Police in the US were created to capture and enslave people of the “wrong” race. There was never a time in the history of the US of A when police were good.
Snowflakes
Can’t record the police, but if someone was recording a news segment and a cop happened to gun down a jaywalker, would they have to stop filming or streaming their feed?
*recording. This isn’t 1950, film is not being used anymore.
How does being a bitter little bitch who’s wrong about shit all the time feel, bud?
“Film” is a valid verb for this purpose, stay mad that you were too stupid to know that though
Let’s use the verb shoot instead, maybe they’ll feel better about that 🙄
So you’re saying we can film them but not record them because its different?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Can charge, but it’ll still get tossed, no?
If sb1208 passes in the house
And its not struck down as a violation of constitutionally protected rights. States can’t violate the constitution with silly laws like this.
Even with our current federal government? The constitution doesn’t matter if it isn’t enforced.
More reasons not to go to Texas
The cops at night, Are cunts outright! clap clap clap clap
Agreed, never wanted to.
On the bright side, this probably means you could refuse to turn over ANY footage to the police by Pleading the Fifth.
That only works if the police respect ANY law…
