Tennessee Highway Patrol officers subdue a high school student during April 2023 protests over gun laws at the Tennessee Capitol. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)
A coalition of media groups, including the Tennessee Lookout, is challenging a new state law making it a crime to come within 25 feet of a law enforcement officer after being told to stay back.
Tennessee’s so-called “buffer” law lays out scenarios in which reporters or others approaching police may be arrested and charged with a misdemeanor…