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LA Lawmaker Targets Paparazzi

Posted Feb 2, 08 6:09 AM CST in US,  Gossip,  Crime & Courts,  Arts & Living    Most Popular

(Newser) – A Los Angeles councilman is pushing for a "personal safety zone" for celebs after a 12-cop police escort—cost to the city, $25,000—was needed to get Britney Spears past paparazzi to a hospital this week, the Los Angeles Times reports. Councilman Dennis Zine said camera-toting hoards present a real danger. "We are in a celebrity town," he said. "Celebrities have a right to live in peace and freedom."

"I don't want a repeat of what happened to Princess Diana with a celebrity in Los Angeles," Zine said, lamenting that "if not for paparazzi" the 12 officers could have been working on preventing crime. Zine's plan, which includes a measure to clear spaces on streets, sidewalks, and elsewhere, got a thumbs-down from LA's police chief, who said "appropriate laws" already exist.

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Members of the media gather around a vehicle carrying Britney Spears outside the Los Angeles Superior Court Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, in Los Angeles. Britney Spears could not enter a court hearing Monday...   (Associated Press)
In a file photo Britney Spears arrives at the launch party for the new album "Celebrity," Monday, July 23, 2001, at a nightclub in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Weeks)   (Associated Press)
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