About time! I am shocked at how cops have been harrassing photographers and damaging their cameras and get away with it.

From news:

The Connecticut state senate approved a bill Thursday that would allow citizens to sue police officers who arrest them for recording in public, apparently the first of its kind in the nation.

As it is now, cops act with reckless immunity knowing the worst that can happen is their municipalties (read: taxpayers) would be responsible for shelling out lawsuits.

http://www.pixiq.com/article/connecticu … roves-bill

What does your title have to do with the article posted?  I read through it and must be tired as I'm missing it. 

If you read the below, it takes any teeth out of the bill.  Any officer acting outside the scope of their duty is already not covered by their department or city, so this is just a feel good law. 

"Under the bill, officers cannot be found liable if they reasonably believed that the interference was necessary to (1) lawfully enforce a criminal law or municipal ordinance; (2) protect public safety; (3) preserve the integrity of a crime scene or criminal investigation; (4) safeguard the privacy of a crime victim or other person; or (5) enforce Judicial Branch rules and policies that limit taking photographs, videotaping, or otherwise recording images in branch facilities."

Why don't discuss similar news on the section:
MM Soapbox
instead on the Photography Talk?

For Usa people i suppose a similar topic could be particular interesting.

This part stinks:

WTF is this... "faith based enforcement"

How is reasonably believed established.

Oh I reasonably believed so I smashed his camera.

So then it's just up to a judge to decide if the cops belief was reasonable.

Plenty of waco judges around.

Remember the one caught jerking off during a trial.