Challenges mount for police buffer-zone restrictions
First Amendment lawyer Clay Calvert in The Hill, July 27, 2023, notes that many states are adopting buffer-zone laws to restrict how close a citizen can be to police while recording their actions. Calvert argues that the laws are unnecessary in that many states already have laws making it a crime to interfere or obstruct officers performing their duties. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards vetoed a law in June that made it illegal to stand