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From: "Gonz"
Subject: Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing
I am sure there were already laws in place regarding harrassment of
citizen by citizen.
Yup, and that's one of them.
No, that is a new one. There wee probably already some in place prior.
The law in question is one that allows harrassment of citizen by police
officer.
Nope, it penalizes harrassment of citizens on other citizens with their
cameras.
It is quite a stretch to go from taking a few snaps at a football game to
harrassement.
That is not a good law.
>I'm not gonna call the cops just because there's a
photographer at a football game taking pictures of the cheerleaders.
You may not, but apparently someone did, and someone else's life may well
be made into hell because if that, and the bad luck he had of having a
rope a knife and some porn in his car at the same time.
It didnt mention cheerleaders at all in the stories.
Sorry, it could have been anyone in that public place who was out in public,
where they have no reason to believe they are in private, since they are in
a public place.
Police officer: "Sir, we got a complaint that you were taking
inappropriate pictures"
Photog: "Umm, no. You wanna take a look at the pics?"
Police: "Hmm, nothing here inappropriate, just a couple of cheerleaders,
sorry for the cheerleaderus interruptus"
Photog: "OMG, my life is ruined"
If life were like that, you wouldn't need a VISA.
The reality of the situation you put forward has already been played out.
Two people arrested and charged with felonies.
Their lives may not be ruined, but they will most likely never be the same
again.
If he is taking inappropriate pictures, then lets find out if he's
innocent or worth a deeper look.
What you are saying, in essence, is "let's presume he is guilty and dig
around until we find something we can stick him with".
Let's not legitimize an asanine law.
Do they still burn witches where you come from?
William Robb
