Kobe Bryant’s Crash Site Photo Scandal Prompts Lawmaker To Make Pictures Illegal


Kobe Bryant’s crash site photos were taken by an ficer who later showed them to patrons at a bar. A lawmaker has proposed a bill to make such an act illegal.

After photos the helicopter crash site where Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven their friends lost their lives began to circulate, the public was outraged. There was already controversy surrounding the investigation after authorities came forward to share that they hadn’t even contacted all family members the victims before TMZ ran the story about the accident. Recently, the L.A. Times shared that politicians have proposed a bill that will outlaw “acts that violate the privacy deceased victims and apply to all first responders acting under color authority, including law enforcement ficers, paramedics, dispatchers, firefighters and medical examiners.”

Kobe Bryant's Crash Site Photo Scandal Prompts Lawmaker To Make Pictures Illegal
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It’s been reported that the pictures Bryant’s helicopter crash site were taken by a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy who later showed them f while at a bar, so State Assemblyman Mike Gibson has suggested that those acts would be considered a crime. Offenders would be charged with a “misdemeanor with punishment up to a year in jail and as much as $5,000 in fines for a first responder to use a smartphone or other device to photograph a deceased person for any purpose other than ficial law enforcement business,” writes the Times.

Gibson added, “Our first responders, when responding to an emergency, should not be taking very sensitive photographs…for their own gain, for their own pleasure. It was unconscionable. It’s not right.” 

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