Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/30

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Subject: [Leica] Real patriots don't take pictures
From: jplaurel at spectare.com (Jim Laurel)
Date: Thu Mar 30 16:44:18 2006
 
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
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