# @yourvalley on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch5jmEiP9VA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12027474-yourvalley-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-08-30T21:49:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Daily Independent (@yourvalley) — https://gondola.cc/yourvalley

## Caption

A new Arizona law making it a crime to videotape police activity is unconstitutional and should be blocked from taking effect, a coalition of news organizations is arguing.

The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court here says that HB 2319, approved earlier this year by the Republican-controlled legislature, "infringes the clearly established First Amendment rights of plaintiffs and everyone else in Arizona to record the public activities of law enforcement officers.''

Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, who crafted the measure, said it is legally defensible.

Read more at YourValley.net. Link in bio. 

#policevideo #lawsuit #arizonalaw #arizonapolice #johnkavanagh #republicanparty #firstamendment #constitutionalrights #houseofrepresentatives #congress

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congress, firstamendment, lawsuit, houseofrepresentatives, johnkavanagh, policevideo, constitutionalrights, republicanparty, arizonapolice, arizonalaw

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