Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Unfortunately, laws don't filter down to Plaquemines Parish. The cop who detained me for photographing herons was nice enough, but it was obvious that part of his income was coming from the refineries down there. I also got booted out of a cemetery (that happened to have a chemical plant belching toxic fumes in the background) near Hahnville. Jeffery On Jun 30, 2010, at 12:05 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > http://motherjones.com/rights-stuff/2010/06/BP-private-police-force-louisiana > > Letter from the ACLU to Louisiana Law enforcement (in part): > > "members of the public have the right under the First Amendment to the > U.S. Constitution to film, record, photograph, and document anything they > observe in a public place. No one-neither law enforcement nor a private > corporation-has the legal right to interfere with public access to public > places or the recording of activities that occur there. Nor may law > enforcement officials cooperate with private companies in denying such > access to the public." > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information