Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, your question as to the authority part is questionable...but the reality is that they do give orders against doing purely legal behaviors.... He issues an order, legal or not. You refuse to obey. He arrests you. Then you go to court where it is thrown out. Repeat. The Repeat part is the ridiculous one....you would think that training and orders from above would curb these behaviors. Frank Filippone Red735i at earthlink.net -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=earthlink.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of George Lottermoser Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 3:20 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Times Photographer Is Arrested on Assignment in NY On Aug 6, 2012, at 5:08 PM, Phil Forrest wrote: > What he said, for the most part. > > Phil Forrest > > > On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 15:06:14 -0700 > "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net> wrote: > >> What I said..... if you are doing something lawful by taking >> pictures, and the police do not want you taking pictures, they give >> you an order to stop. When you do not stop, they arrest you for >> disobeying an order, not for (legally) taking pictures. >> >> They ALWAYS have the last word. >> >> Except in court...... I am sure more to follow..... Are you both suggesting that a police officer has the authority to "order" citizens to stop doing lawful activities: walking, shopping, riding a bicycle, sitting on a park bench, watering a lawn, etc. and then arrest them if they don't follow those orders? Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information