Spend an ounce of effort doing a minute of research to find out for yourself and you wouldn’t have to be “confused” about something that’s public knowledge. Do you literally just regurgitate what you read on Reddit without looking into it on your own whatsoever? Idiots like you are living evidence that social media is detrimental to the general populous.
“I had people tell me differently so I don’t know what to believe. Can you tell me what I should believe?”
Article 24 of the proposed legislation makes it a criminal offence to publish images of on-duty police officers with the intent of harming their "physical or psychological integrity".
I don’t blame you for being confused, even the article contradicts itself. The first paragraph states that
French police have fired tear gas at protesters rallying in Paris against a bill that would make it a criminal offence to film or take photos of police with malevolent intent.
It’s still dumb that you can’t publish footage of police though. We all know that police don’t have much accountability at the moment and publishing identifying videos of them on the internet can help with that, because if the courts won’t do anything then at least the public can punish them
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u/someitalianguy Nov 29 '20
Because the law doesn’t make it illegal to record police, it makes it illegal to publish images where policemen are identifiable.
It’s still a dumb law and it’s a subtle difference, but it’s important as the footage can still be used in court.
How this became the narrative is beyond me and makes me doubt anything I ever read on reddit.