On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 05:48 PM, Myers W. Carpenter wrote:
http://www.2600.com/news/display/display.shtml?id=1441The fact that the U.S. is now adopting Soviet-style restrictions on who and what can be photographed (from public viewing spots, I mean, not sneaking into submarine bases and missile factories) is hardly surprising.
PHOTOGRAPHER ARRESTED FOR TAKING PICTURES OF VICE PRESIDENT'S HOTEL
Posted 5 Dec 2002 06:03:48 UTC
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.
There are a lot of such stories. There's the time I was threatened with arrest unless I allowed cops to search a bag without a warrant.
Frankly, millions of these fascists need a simple solution: a tree, a horse, and a rope.
--Tim May
"The great object is that every man be armed and everyone who is able may have a gun." --Patrick Henry
"The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton
