On July 1, an Indiana law went into effect making it a crime to come within 25 feet of an on-duty police officer if ordered to stay back.

  • hark@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I assume they put in a distance to claim that they’re not violating the constitution but that they “just don’t want anyone to get in the way of very important police work”. Of course, all they have to do is walk up to you to put you in violation of this law.