August 19, 2025

7th Circuit Court Blocks Indiana Police ‘Buffer Law,’ which made it Illegal to be within 25 feet of a Cop if he Ordered you to Stop Approaching

August 19, 2025/ Tron Nick

In Indiana, a "buffer" law makes it illegal to approach within 25 feet of a police officer who has ordered you to stop approaching. District court: preliminarily enjoined as vague. Seventh Circuit(link is external): Totally agree. The law gives officers unfettered discretion to arbitrarily issue do-not-approach orders and then start making arrests. "The Fourteenth Amendment will not tolerate a law subjecting pedestrians to arrest merely because a police officer had a bad breakfast—no matter how bitter the coffee or how soggy the scrambled eggs." [MORE]

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7th Circuit Court Blocks Indiana Police ‘Buffer Law,’ which made it Illegal to be within 25 feet of a Cop if he Ordered you to Stop Approaching

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