Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances

So if the police insist increasingly upon being treated like dangerous wild animals (seriously, look at every 'how to deal with police' guide), how long until we can legally shoot them? Wishful thinking I suppose, just like thinking that highway robbers would be shot or hanged.

What I should never feel uncomfortable approaching police.<p>Feels like this is an admission of guilt by the cops…

IANAL, but isn&#x27;t interfering with official duties already a crime in most&#x2F;all jurisdictions? Or perhaps this proposed law just buttresses it with a specific distance quantitative property for LA.<p>Texas example: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;texas.public.law&#x2F;statutes&#x2F;tex._penal_code_section_38.15" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;texas.public.law&#x2F;statutes&#x2F;tex._penal_code_section_38...</a>

&gt; Language in the measure appears to put in some safety nets, stating that an acceptable “defense to this crime” includes establishing that the “lawful order or command was neither received nor understood by the defendant.”<p>Noise cancelling headphones?

It’s not obvious to me that 25 feet distance from an officer conducting an arrest isn’t reasonable assuming the wording of the law and its interpretation are not putting innocent bystanders who blunder into a situation at additional risk. The article indicates there are ostensibly protections for this but I would not want to be the person testing that in practice and there may be any number of edge cases that could make the law unreasonable like when an arrest occurs on private property etc.<p>You can still film an officer from 25 feet away.

So.. Panopticon drone that autokeeps distance while observing and live streaming events?

I think we all learned the value of some personal space during COVID-19. I&#x27;d really like the right to ask people to stop approaching you be extended to all people, not just police.