Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Tough job? No one forced uneducated thugs who can't take the pressure or responsibility to take the jobs. " Truer words were never spoken. "To serve and protect" usually refers to themselves. Part of the problem is that cops are given virtually absolute powers and one has to spend thousands to prove police brutality. Where is a camcorder when you need one? JC -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+joecodi=clearsightusa.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+joecodi=clearsightusa.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Scott McLoughlin Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 11:09 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Real patriots don't take pictures "Land of the scared" *is* the official "sensible" (NOT!) policy. I don't know about other parts of the country, but in Baltimore and DC, the police now drive around with their lights flashing, just to spook people and "make their presence known." The point is *not* to catch and prosecute - it's just to initimidate, plain and simple. It's a disgrace. And unlike politicians, I'm not up for reelection, and I'm not so sympathetic to our boys in blue. I've probably been helped and needlessly harrassed about 50/50 at this point. All but one or two times, the harrasment was when I've been just taking pictures. Tough job? No one forced uneducated thugs who can't take the pressure or responsibility to take the jobs. (And recruiting is way down across the country, so they're taking whoever they can get.) Screw 'em. Harvard has long had its own police force so that the Cambridge police "townies" won't beat up on Harvard students. It's ridiculous that Harvard ever felt the need to do anything like this, but it unmasks the "high esteem" with which our society's elites *really* hold our boys in blue. I now laugh with glee every time they get caught on video beating up the wrong people and get their comeuppance. Seems to happen more and more frequently these days, and it serves them right. Little by little, they're eating away at their own credibility with the general populace (lost credibility with many subgroups long ago), and that is a crying shame - it *is* an essential function of any society. Just condfounds me. Apologies to all the good guys out there on the force. Scott Jim Laurel wrote: > I caught this in today's ASMP newswatch. Yet another news story > about a photographer being arrested. Land of the free indeed. More > like land of the scared. > > Last week Ben Hider, a photographer in White Plains, NY, was detained > by police for several hours because he took pictures of the flags in > front of the court house. Later, a spokesman for the court > administration issued an apology. But the police union refused to > apologize, saying the officers were trying to follow their > instructions in the absence of a sensible policy. Apparently, in a > previous situation, the cops were scolded by court officials for NOT > detaining an individual. > > More details on the WABC Eyewitness News website, shortcut is http:// > tinyurl.com/m32sd > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information