New Arizona bill would prevent people from filming police officers closer than 15 feet away

A new bill in the Arizona state legislature would put limits on how close people can record encounters with police.

Republican Representative John Kavanaugh, who is a former police officer, is sponsoring the bill.

Kavanaugh says he was approached by officers in Tucson who were worried that citizen videographers were coming too close to the cops who were doing their job.

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