Three women in Florida were arrested for alleged violations of the new state “Halo Law”, which came into force on January 1, 2025 confirmed the Sheriff’s Jacksonville office (JSO).
The arrest was part of the chain of events that began an officer who faced 39 -year -old Erice McGriff for alleged abandonment of the car parked and running at the intersection on Tuesday.
The situation quickly escalated into the fight after the woman began to strike the officer, the police said.
In the end, she was arrested and accused of several crimes, including the police’s struggle, resisting arrests by violence and driving on a suspended card, she reported on action reports from local Jax news channels.
What is the “halo law”?
“Halo Law” sets up a 25-foot leveling zone around officers and the first respondents, which is illegal to bother, threaten or defend while fulfilling their official duties.
Anyone who has entered this buffer zone after it has been warned can face legal consequences such as fines, offenses or even prison.
This law was particularly adopted in response to the growing incidents of the first respondents who were disturbed in the solution of emergency. The eyepieces who push out emergency situations, record on phones, or try to intervene, prevented a major operation and at the same time threatened the lives of the first respondents.
“If you are forcibly resisting our officers, if you hit them, if you bite them, you will be arrested,” news briefing on Friday on Friday.
Who else was arrested for violating the law?
Waters also announced the arrest of two other women, 59 -year -old Anita Gibson and 36 -year -old and Jasmine Jefferson.
During McGriff’s arrest, a crowd was formed and according to JSO, Gibson and Jefferson also broke the “halo law” in the middle of chaos.
“I do not mind that people standing over 25 feet per video, or say what you say, because people will do it and you have the right to say what you want to say,” Waters said, adding that the line is drawn when action creates an unpleasant or potentially dangerous situation for police officers who may or may not hurt.
Waters noted that other people who were also in the 25 -foot officer zone during McGriff’s arrest were not arrested because they did not act in an annoying way.
Another person who filmed an incident with a mobile phone also noted.
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