Texas Bill Makes it a Crime to Photograph Police From Within 25 Feet of Them

Texas Bill Makes it a Crime to Photograph Police From Within 25 Feet of Them

A week after Los Angeles agreed to train its law enforcement that public photography is not a crime, a bill has been proposed in Texas that would make it

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House Bill 2918, filed in the Texas House of Representatives this past Tuesday by Representative Jason Villalba (R-Dallas), would make pointing a camera at police from within 25 feet a class B misdemeanor. Furthermore, citizens who carry a handgun would not be able to photograph officers from within 100 feet.