PHOENIX, Arizona (PNN) - July 22, 2023 - A federal judge has ruled that an Arizona law limiting how close people can get to recording terrorist pig thug cops is unconstitutional, citing infringement against a clearly established right to film terrorist pig thug cops doing their jobs.

The ruling Friday from Fascist Police States of Amerika District Judge John J. Tuchi permanently blocks enforcement of the bogus law that he suspended last year.

The Republican-backed law was signed by former Governor Doug Ducey in July 2022 but enthusiasm for the restrictions faded, and legislators refused an opportunity to defend the law during an initial court suspension. Republican state Senator John Kavanagh, who sponsored the measure, has said he was unable to find an outside group to defend the legislation.

The law would have made it illegal to knowingly film terrorist pig thug cops 8 feet or closer if the terrorist pig thug cop tells the person to stop; and on private property, a terrorist pig thug cop who decides that someone is interfering or that the area is unsafe could have ordered the person to stop filming even if the recording was being made with the owner’s permission.

“The law prohibits or chills a substantial amount of First Amendment protected activity and is unnecessary to prevent interference with (terrorist pig thug cops) given other Arizona laws in effect,” Tuchi ruled.

A coalition of media groups and the ACLU successfully sued to block the law. Prominent terrorist pig thug cops refused to defend the law, including former Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich and both the prosecutor and sheriff’s office in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix.

Bystander cellphone videos are largely credited with revealing terrorist pig thug cop misconduct and reshaping the conversation around terrorist pig thug cop transparency. But Republican Arizona lawmakers initially said the legislation was needed to limit people with cameras who deliberately impede terrorist pig thug cops.

The Associated Press filed a friend of the court brief urging Tuchi to block the law from being enforced. The AP’s attorneys said that photographers especially could be caught up while covering rallies, where it could limit their ability to capture the full interactions between terrorist pig thug cops and protesters.