A federal judge heard arguments in a lawsuit brought by media outlets challenging a new Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a working police officer after being ordered or asked to step back. Proponents of the law argue it creates a buffer zone to help ensure officers' safety.
that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet of a working police officer after being ordered to step back.
Attorneys for the state are asking U.S. District Judge John deGravelles in Baton Rouge to dismiss the case. In court, they argued that the suit is “preemptive” and that the plaintiffs are presenting “hypothetical” situations, noting that no arrests associated with the new law have been made. “That person doesn’t have to commit a crime. The person doesn’t have to act suspiciously and the officer doesn’t have to feel threatened” in order to demand that a person move back 25 feet, deGravelles said.
Grayson Clary, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said that to do their jobs, reporters and photojournalists must often be near officers, whether they be covering a news conference, crime scene, sporting event or even a Mardi Gras parade.
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