Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe I'm naieve or biased to a point that I'm losing it, BUT: NO cop in any medium sized or larger town in Texas would take your camera from you on YOUR property even if you were taking pictures of him pissing beside his car.....if he did, no DA would hold it up.....and if HE did, and if you could get the story out, your neighbors would storm the city offices the next day they opened..... People in different areas have different interpretations of their rights....and the cops act accordingly. I know, they're in my family!.... In Kalifornica, people are so used to giving up their personal rights that half the damn towns probably supports the police on this one....so be it....they can live there.....my family has already escaped one facist location two generations ago, they'll move again if they have to....at least there's still Montana and Idaho.....sure don't like the cold, tho... Where are the "hippies" when you need them?...Oh, I forgot, they've become lawyers and politicians......:) :) Walt On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Bryan Caldwell wrote: > Eric, > > It depends on what they're taking pictures of and under what circumstances. > > Bryan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Date: Friday, April 09, 1999 9:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Cops run amok > > > >At 12:12 PM 4/9/99 -0700, you wrote: > >>Note that I'm not happy with the current state of the law - I'm a criminal > >>defense attorney <g>, and I fight these battles every day. > > > >Quite understandable. But would you not classify as unreasonable search and > >seizure taking camera and film away from a person making pictures on their > >own property? I would. > > > >Eric Welch > >St. Joseph, MO > >http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > > > >If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He > >gives it to. > >-- Old Irish Saying > > >