Two men wearing a U.S. Marshal and FBI vest as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)
Hunter Demster pulled out his phone at a gas station in Memphis to record over half a dozen men in bulletproof vests gathered around the flashing blue lights of a Tennessee Highway Patrol car.
Then one of those officers stepped forward and told him to stand 25 feet away because he was violating a new Tennessee law that allows police to create a buffer zone for any of their interactions, according to video reviewed by the Lookout…