12.08.2013 - 15:18 [ Techdirt ]

LAPD Detains A Photographer For ‚Interfering‘ With A Police Investigation… From 90 Feet Away

Fortunately (I guess…), law enforcement officials have very vivid imaginations. This allows them to arrest, detain, hassle or confiscate devices as needed, in order preserve the peace by chilling speech.

The latest definition of „interference“ stretches the limits of credulity — to nearly 100 feet.