From: frank theriault
n Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Ouch...
>
> http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200912090794
Like many on this list, and like the photog in the article, I take my
camera everywhere, including the mall (which thankfully I don't go to
very often).
Sounds like an over-zealous officer. My guess is that Rensburger will
be successful in defending the charges (if they even come to court -
wouldn't surprise me if the prosecutor withdraws them before any trial
happens).
One of the many things that pisses me off about this is that those
with "real" cameras aren't what security and cops should concern
themselves with - it's cellphone cameras that they ought to worry
about. They're everywhere, and I see people using them all the time
in places where I know that I with my Pentax would be asked to put the
camera down.
Doesn't look like he's holding a "real" camera in the photo accompanying
the article. It's one of those point 'n shoot digitals that doesn't even
have a viewfinder.
At about this point I'd be talking to a lawyer about suing not only the
officer, but the mall and the two assholes.
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