Detained for photography in Baltimore

[photogeorge]

This is another example of a photographer being detained and harrassed for photography in a public place. I think the police gestappo violated the photographer's civil rights. The police were smart in not trying to take his camera without a warrant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iMr76atjUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JOFwbiI8fQ&NR=1

 

[Athegn]

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1000&message=38574488

 

[JMCO]

accidental post here - ignore

 

[mcshan]

The cops had a lot of patience. The photographer is the type to give us all a bad name. This wasn't a Rosa Parks moment. Some people think they are above the law. I watched this and came away with more respect for the officers involved. This guy was no victim.

 

[apaflo]

The cops had a lot of patience. The photographer is the type to give us all a bad name. This wasn't a Rosa Parks moment. Some people think they are above the law. I watched this and came away with more respect for the officers involved. This guy was no victim.

It takes nine patient police officers to figure out that he was not doing anything illegal???

The only one in the whole thing that was right was the photographer!

 

[photogeorge]

These MTA "Rentacops" were bullies. They just wanted to push their weight around on someone they viewed as a vulnerable person. They probably pick on a lot of passengers. The photog should have stood up to them. He should have told them, "arrest me, read me my rights, or I'm getting on the train." He could have asked for their supervisor's phone number and made a complaint on the spot from his cellphone. I'd call my lawyer too. I have close relatives who are lawyers. We still have some rights in this country. This is a good reason to have video in a DSLR. Police cannot stop you photographing their activity, as long as you don't interfere with their work. These rentacops probably didn't know about Youtube.

 

[Brian D. Schneider]

The cops had a lot of patience. The photographer is the type to give us all a bad name. This wasn't a Rosa Parks moment. Some people think they are above the law. I watched this and came away with more respect for the officers involved. This guy was no victim.

It was the cops who making up their own "laws" as they went along. MTA management admitted this and promised to change their ways (after threat of a lawsuit)
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Brian Schneider

 

[JulesJ]

Wow another one incident in a world of billions, almost a plague.
Jules

This is another example of a photographer being detained and harrassed for photography in a public place. I think the police gestappo violated the photographer's civil rights. The police were smart in not trying to take his camera without a warrant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iMr76atjUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JOFwbiI8fQ&NR=1

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[Brian D. Schneider]

This is another example of a photographer being detained and harrassed for photography in a public place. I think the police gestappo violated the photographer's civil rights. The police were smart in not trying to take his camera without a warrant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iMr76atjUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JOFwbiI8fQ&NR=1

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Julesarnia on twitter

Look around Jules, this happens a lot.
http://www.pixiq.com/contributors/248
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Brian Schneider

 

[JulesJ]

"lot" is relative.
Jules

This is another example of a photographer being detained and harrassed for photography in a public place. I think the police gestappo violated the photographer's civil rights. The police were smart in not trying to take his camera without a warrant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iMr76atjUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JOFwbiI8fQ&NR=1

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Julesarnia on twitter

Look around Jules, this happens a lot.
http://www.pixiq.com/contributors/248
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Brian Schneider

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Julesarnia on twitter

 

[roninwarrior]

The cops had a lot of patience. The photographer is the type to give us all a bad name. This wasn't a Rosa Parks moment. Some people think they are above the law. I watched this and came away with more respect for the officers involved. This guy was no victim.

Wow. Respectfully I disagree. I don't feel from the video footage that the individual was trying to be "above the law." He was not breaking any laws. He was simply using his camera in a public place which is not illegal. Albeit, he should have approached the situation differently. He should have simply asked if he was being detained. If they confirmed his detainment, he should have told them to direct any further questions to his attorney and he should have remained silent until arrested or let go. If he was told he was not being detained he would have then been able to leave.

 

[Chato]

The cops had a lot of patience. The photographer is the type to give us all a bad name. This wasn't a Rosa Parks moment. Some people think they are above the law. I watched this and came away with more respect for the officers involved. This guy was no victim.

Wow. Respectfully I disagree. I don't feel from the video footage that the individual was trying to be "above the law." He was not breaking any laws. He was simply using his camera in a public place which is not illegal. Albeit, he should have approached the situation differently. He should have simply asked if he was being detained. If they confirmed his detainment, he should have told them to direct any further questions to his attorney and he should have remained silent until arrested or let go. If he was told he was not being detained he would have then been able to leave.

That whatever a Cop says IS the law. Clearly then this young man "was violating the law."

A sort of Sheep mentality, even when the Sheepdogs turn out to be Wolves.

Dave

Dave

 

[Chato]

This is another example of a photographer being detained and harrassed for photography in a public place. I think the police gestappo violated the photographer's civil rights. The police were smart in not trying to take his camera without a warrant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iMr76atjUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JOFwbiI8fQ&NR=1

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Julesarnia on twitter

Look around Jules, this happens a lot.
http://www.pixiq.com/contributors/248
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Brian Schneider

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Julesarnia on twitter

But laws are being introduced in State Legislatures to make it illegal to photograph the Police. In fact, the State of Massachusetts is using this as a defense in a Civil law suit. If such laws are passed; if the courts rule that photographing or videoing the police is in fact defacto a crime, then anyone of us (at least here in the States) is going to be directly affected.

Dave

Dave

 

[fwellers]

Then you have people like me.

If they make it illegal to image cops doing their job, I would probably go out and get a spy cam and start looking for opportunities to break that law.

I hate stupid laws that have such totalitarian implications. They bring out the rebel in me.

So in effect, the Aholes would be creating a new type of "criminal".

This is another example of a photographer being detained and harrassed for photography in a public place. I think the police gestappo violated the photographer's civil rights. The police were smart in not trying to take his camera without a warrant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iMr76atjUA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JOFwbiI8fQ&NR=1

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Julesarnia on twitter

Look around Jules, this happens a lot.
http://www.pixiq.com/contributors/248
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Brian Schneider

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Julesarnia on twitter

But laws are being introduced in State Legislatures to make it illegal to photograph the Police. In fact, the State of Massachusetts is using this as a defense in a Civil law suit. If such laws are passed; if the courts rule that photographing or videoing the police is in fact defacto a crime, then anyone of us (at least here in the States) is going to be directly affected.

Dave

Dave

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