Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What's really scary, Michiel, is that the weapons (wherever) are no longer for show. The bearers know how to use them ............ and will. B. On 31-mrt-2006, at 9:09, Michiel Fokkema wrote: > Scary, > > I wasn't arrested yesterday in the London underground but I was > told I couldn't make any pictures. > It seems that they are afraid that people photograph places in > which they can hide explosives. It was a friendly guy so no offense > taken. > At the airport my camera bag was searched. I lost half a roll of > film because they wanted to see the inside of my rolleicord. There > used to be a day that the English policemen didn't wear weapons. At > the airport they now carry a big automatic weapon and a handgun. > In Paris at the Eiffel tower you can see armed army men to protect > the people. > It is getting a scary world indeed. > > Kind regards, > > Michiel Fokkema > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information