"In a bill sponsored by Rep. John Kavanagh and signed into law by Arizona Governor Doug Doucy, citizens are now prohibited from filming Police Officers within a distance of eight feet."

And the practical effect of that? You can't use your phone to film officers who approach your car during a traffic stop. As soon as they get to the window they can demand you put your phone down. If you don't comply, they can arrest you, take you to jail, and book you on a misdemeanor. Even if you were released immediately and have only to pay a fine, you did not film the cops at your car window.

That's the whole point of this law. To stop the public from filming cops during traffic stops, which is (surprise surprise) how most acts of police brutality have been brought to public attention over the past several years.

The framers of the law say this is about officer safety, which is laughable. Sitting behind the steering wheel of your car filming the cops with your phone during a traffic stop does precisely nothing to endanger the safety of any cop anywhere.

This law has nothing to do with officer safety and everything to do with covering up police brutality.