Posted on 10/09/2021 11:30:22 PM PDT by blueplum
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will project journalists from interference by police while covering civil protests under a bill signed into law Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom
It was the second new law within days with free speech implications.
The measure says that reporters can be behind police lines in the area of demonstrations, marches or rallies without being cited or arrested. It bars police from “intentionally assaulting, interfering with, or obstructing” their newsgathering.
Newsom last year vetoed a similar measure over police agencies' concern that the measure would allow reporters into emergency field command posts...
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This 'reporter thing' was a big issue in Portland where anyone with a cellphone could claim to be a 'reporter', as they stood there hurling insults at the local cops and assisting those being arrested to escape.
What a circus...Looken sharp CA!
Make all reporters register with the police in order to get an official Press card, just like I had to do in DC (for my newspaper).
Newsome is setting the stage for any civil unrest so that he can control the narrative. He needs the press in his pocket to do that.
I Believe the Demorats are very busy stacking their deck ahead of what they know will eventually come.
interfering with police is getting in the way of rocks bottles and foreign objects reaching their target.
Protect the fake news pansies not the police
So the antifa and BLM rioters will wear “PRESS” on their vests.
100%
So antifa with PRESS scrawled across their helmet or body armor torching a federal courthouse will now legally protected ?
Gavin is a mobster.
Also, they can stand around and coordinate the riot without police interference. In fact, they can even command from within police ranks.
Unless you’re protesting left-wing abuses. Then cops can beat reporters.
Making them register is just the method that will be used to censor reporters like Ngo. No one with a political affiliation right of Mao will get such a pass. There will be no more embarrassing videos or stories anymore. The regime is in charge.
They will not make the mistake of allowing videos like those out of Australia.
“intentionally assaulting, interfering with, or obstructing” their newsgathering.
License to promote rioting?.
Get more footage Lenny great for the 11:00 news run.
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