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<blockquote data-quote="Krs_2007" data-source="post: 432521" data-attributes="member: 12948">It all comes down to common sense and based on all the stories lately, it seems those that have any are a rare bread.I get the the gist of the law, keep everyone away while an investigation is going on.&nbsp; The police officers are already dealing with situation at hand, they don't need some one coming into the scene and being an idiot.&nbsp; And it hasn't been mentioned, but if they don't have a safe distance law and people don't have to keep a safe distance then it adds another unknown to a currently unknown situation.If they have you pulled over, the questioning just started and now they have someone with a camera in their face distracting them from the suspect.&nbsp; Now does this photographer have a gun, what's their intentions, the officer doesn't know.&nbsp; This is the unknown that I think something should be done to keep everyone not involved with it away from the scene.&nbsp; And the only reason for the law goes back to the common sense, that is lacking in the age of youtube and Internet lawyers.No, don't single out photographers, it should be for everyone.&nbsp; Who knows that video/pictures from the bystander could help or hinder the officer at a later date.But yet again, we have stupid laws to cover the idiots and we all know you can't legislate or fix stupid.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Krs_2007, post: 432521, member: 12948"] It all comes down to common sense and based on all the stories lately, it seems those that have any are a rare bread. I get the the gist of the law, keep everyone away while an investigation is going on. The police officers are already dealing with situation at hand, they don't need some one coming into the scene and being an idiot. And it hasn't been mentioned, but if they don't have a safe distance law and people don't have to keep a safe distance then it adds another unknown to a currently unknown situation. If they have you pulled over, the questioning just started and now they have someone with a camera in their face distracting them from the suspect. Now does this photographer have a gun, what's their intentions, the officer doesn't know. This is the unknown that I think something should be done to keep everyone not involved with it away from the scene. And the only reason for the law goes back to the common sense, that is lacking in the age of youtube and Internet lawyers. No, don't single out photographers, it should be for everyone. Who knows that video/pictures from the bystander could help or hinder the officer at a later date. But yet again, we have stupid laws to cover the idiots and we all know you can't legislate or fix stupid. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD [/QUOTE]

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