Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don;t have any relatives living in the old country.....Hell, this is the old country. Walt 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 > >