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Police

Too Close for Comfort

Charles Oliver | 9.11.2015 6:00 AM

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A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, judge has fined Kimberly Bracken $300 for interfering with police officers by watching them make an arrest. Police ordered Bracken, who was about 50 feet away from them, to leave the area, but she refused.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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