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Subject: [Leica] Real patriots don't take pictures
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Thu Mar 30 17:14:17 2006
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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
>
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