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Photographer Arrested For Taking Pics
Near Cheney Hotel
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From: Carl F. Worden
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 3:33
AM
Subject: Fw: Photographer Arrested
For Taking Pics Near Cheney
Hotel
Ladies & gentlemen:
Read it and weep for what was our
great nation. Osama won. Carl
F. Worden
Photographer Arrested For
Taking Pics Near Cheney Hotel
2600 News
12-5-2
An
amateur photographer named Mike Maginnis was arrested
on Tuesday in his home city of Denver - for simply taking pictures of
buildings in an area where Vice President Cheney was residing.
Maginnis
told his story on Wednesday's edition of Off The
Hook.
Maginnis's morning commute took him
past the Adams Mark Hotel
on Court Place. Maginnis, who says he always carried his camera
wherever he went, snapped about 30 pictures of the hotel and the
surrounding area - which included Denver police, Army rangers, and
rooftop snipers. Maginnis, who works in information technology,
frequently photographs such subjects as corporate buildings and
communications equipment.
The
following is Maginnis's account of what transpired: As he
was putting his camera away, Maginnis found himself confronted by
a Denver police officer who demanded that he hand over his film
and camera. When he refused to give up his Nikon F2, the officer
pushed him to the ground and arrested him. After being brought to
the District 1 police station on Decatur Street, Maginnis was made to
wait alone in an interrogation room.
Two hours later, a Secret Service
agent arrived, who identified
himself as Special Agent "Willse." The agent told Maginnis that his
"suspicious activities" made him a threat to national security, and
that he would be charged as a terrorist under the USA-PATRIOT
act.
The
Secret Service agent tried to make Maginnis admit that
he was taking the photographs to analyze weaknesses in the Vice
President's security entourage and "cause terror and mayhem."
When Maginnis refused to admit to being any sort of terrorist, the
Secret Service agent called him a "raghead collaborator" and a "dirty
pinko faggot."
After
approximately an hour of interrogation, Maginnis was
allowed to make a telephone call. Rather than contacting a lawyer,
he called the Denver Post and asked for the news desk. This was
immediately overheard by the desk sergeant, who hung up the
phone and placed Maginnis in a holding cell. Three hours later,
Maginnis was finally released, but with no explanation. He received
no copy of an arrest report, and no receipt for his confiscated
possessions. He was told that he would probably not get his
camera back, as it was being held
as evidence. Maginnis's lawyer
contacted the Denver Police Department for an explanation of the
day's events, but the police denied ever having Maginnis - or anyone
matching his description - in custody.
At
press time, the Denver PD's Press Information Office did
not return telephone messages left by 2600. The new police powers
introduced by the USA-PATRIOT act, in the name of fighting
terrorism, have been frightening in their apparent potential for
abuse. Mike Maginnis's experience on Tuesday is a poignant
example of how this abuse is beginning to occur. It suggests that a
wide range of activities which might be considered "suspicious"
could be suddenly labeled a prelude to terrorism, and be grounds for
arrest. We will continue to post updates to this story as we learn
them.
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