“HB 2918 is meant to protect officers, NOT restrict the ability to keep them accountable,” Texas State Representative Jason Villalba tweeted in response to critics of his bill mandating members of the public to keep set distances away from a peace officer exercising authority. “It DOES NOT prohibit filming.”
Responders on Villalba’s Twitter feed were, to put it mildly, not convinced, prompting him to double down and tweet again about his interview on Time Warner Cable News Austin “Capital Tonight,” in which he denied wanting to limit anyone by “creating a halo.” He presented his bill as a “reasonable measure” and as “common sense,” something law enforcement had asked him for so that they aren't endangered.
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Some people are just born tyrants..... Villalba is one of those. ANYONE who attempts in any way for any reason to prohibit a citizen documenting a PUBLIC EMPLOYEE is
ReplyDeletea wannabe tyrant in need of a neck stretching. This has absolutely nothing to do with officer safety. It's all about control....and preventing LEO from having to worry about accountability.
preventing LEO from having to worry about accountability.
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Anyone who takes up an armed position of authority in any society, and who is employed by said society to protect the people in the society, and has a SINGLE problem with being monitored, inspected, recorded, or otherwise interacted with, peaceably, by said society, shouldn't be there...
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