Several news organizations, including The Arizona Republic, are joining the ACLU of Arizona to challenge a new state law banning close-range recordings of Arizona police.
to restrain Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, Interim Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell and Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone from enforcing the new law once it goes into effect.
Nonprofits such as the Arizona broadcasters and newspapers associations, National Press Photographers Association and ACLU of Arizona also were listed as plaintiffs. The law would "deter people wishing to exercise their First Amendment right to record video" of police to promote police accountability and protect themselves from arrest, the filing says. The law also may deter journalists from recording police, especially in fast-moving situations like protests, for fear of losing equipment, arrest or jail time for doing their jobs, the complaint states.
"Alternatively, in some instances, reporters may be directed to forego recording video entirely or stay further away from law enforcement activity than necessary to avoid the potential of arrest," Burton wrote. "Either way, their reporting will be less detailed because they will not be able to observe law enforcement activity closely." The bill was sponsored by Rep. John Kavanagh, a former detective at the Port Authority in New York.
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