Scarlet Johansson vs the Paparazzi, or why is this shit still legal?

[bilateralrope]

Not so much the police refusing to do their job.

The problem is Paparazzi .. DO NOT CARE ..

In the United States, you arrest them for trespass, they pay their bail, and then go back to it.

Aren't the driving offences alleged here the kind of things that, if repeated, get your license revoked ?

That they would care about. So it's just a matter of making sure the police have evidence.

[GrosseAdmiralFox]

Problem is that many Journalists in the US -and news organizations in the US in general- are aggressively capitalistic. The US used to have laws in place that leashed the news organizations -and through them, journalists in general- from all sorts of skitzy shenanigans like what FOX News has been able to pull off since Reagan to become the propaganda empire that it is today.

Since people have been living with this for so long, they think any restrictions or regulations would be breaking the freedom of information and attacking the news in general...

[Solauren]

Not so much the police refusing to do their job.

The problem is Paparazzi .. DO NOT CARE ..

In the United States, you arrest them for trespass, they pay their bail, and then go back to it.

Aren't the driving offences alleged here the kind of things that, if repeated, get your license revoked ?

That they would care about. So it's just a matter of making sure the police have evidence.

Until vehicles have some sort of device like from Fifth Element where you have to put your license in, I doubt that would stop them either. Just drive with a suspended license.

[Crazedwraith]

Then punish them for doing that again until it stacks up to a point where they do care.

[bilateralrope]

Until vehicles have some sort of device like from Fifth Element where you have to put your license in, I doubt that would stop them either. Just drive with a suspended license.

Aren't there punishments for that ?
Things like confiscation of the vehicle and imprisonment. Maybe even vehicle theft charges if the vehicles owner claims they didn't give permission for the driver to use the vehicle.

[Solauren]

Then punish them for doing that again until it stacks up to a point where they do care.

Again, it's the question of getting caught.

I agree, stack all the charges on them possible. The trick is, with any questionable or illegal Enterprise, is to make it non-profitable.

Slight Tangent: Right now in Toronto, you have 'Pot-Shops' getting shut down for not having a permit to operate. The fine is roughly 10G.
Apparently, Pot-Shops are making 40 - 50G PER MONTH in profit. So, unless they get shut down 5 times in a single 30 day period (something the cops don't have the man power to really do), it's worth them operating without a permit. In order to convince them to bother with the permit, you'd have to increase the fine to beyond their profit margins (says to 200G), and toss on jail time (for the operator, and possibly for the landlord as well, unless he was the one that reported the pot shop in the first place).

It's the same with Paparazzi. Unless you hit the Paparazzi HARD in the pocketbook, they'll never stop. Say, 125% of what they make in a year (before taxes).

[bilateralrope]

Then punish them for doing that again until it stacks up to a point where they do care.

Again, it's the question of getting caught.

Which brings us back to celebrities putting cameras on their vehicles to collect the evidence. They just need to catch the dangerous driving, the license plate and maybe a face or two.

Slight Tangent: Right now in Toronto, you have 'Pot-Shops' getting shut down for not having a permit to operate. The fine is roughly 10G.
Apparently, Pot-Shops are making 40 - 50G PER MONTH in profit. So, unless they get shut down 5 times in a single 30 day period (something the cops don't have the man power to really do), it's worth them operating without a permit. In order to convince them to bother with the permit, you'd have to increase the fine to beyond their profit margins (says to 200G), and toss on jail time (for the operator, and possibly for the landlord as well, unless he was the one that reported the pot shop in the first place).

Sounds like the solution there is to have the fines get larger each time.

It's the same with Paparazzi. Unless you hit the Paparazzi HARD in the pocketbook, they'll never stop. Say, 125% of what they make in a year (before taxes).

Which is why I'm thinking focus on the drivers personally. How much pay will they demand to risk losing their license or the punishment for driving on a suspended license ?
Which might include impounding the vehicle. Unless the vehicles owner claims it was stolen, which just starts a fight between the driver and the owner over the vehicle theft charge.

[Elfdart]

Clearly, the solution is to move to a State such as Florida with "stand your ground" laws so that security can properly dispose of the paparazzi scum under the guise of self-defence.

After all the shit Alec Baldwin got (and still gets) for punching out one of these camera-stalkers when they jumped out of the bushes at him and his wife when they were bringing their newborn daughter home, I wonder if it would be worth it.