I was taking picture of Sami on a Mall carousel around town and the security guard told me I needed to get out of there they had called the police. He gave me enough warning I could get away Mom stayed with Sami while I walked away and the cops did show up. JG Help me support Autism research! Join my team! http://www.walknowforautism.org/stlouis/blubiconsbuddies http://stampmine.blogspot.com/http://samsphotopage.blogspot.com/
--- On Wed, 12/16/09, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Sessoms <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Photographer arrested at mall > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 10:37 PM > From: Keith Whaley > > Drew wrote: > >> > Igor Roshchin wrote: > >>> >> Ouch... > >>> >> > >>> >> http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200912090794 > > > > > >> > Hmm... I was stopped with a colleague > by a Mall Cop in a mall in Austin > TX, we had set out > with cameras to wander round downtown but decided to > go > to a mall to find a watch repair shop to get a battery for > my > colleagues watch. She asked us why two guys > were wandering round a > mall carrying DSLR with > 'big' lenses. We explained the situation and she > just > asked us to make sure we did not take pictures in the mall > and then > told us where we could get a good view across > the city. Actually she > was a very nice lady... > >> > > Andy. > > > > I simply cannot uderstand why folks get freaked out by > cameras of ANY kind! > > I grew up with cameras around, and having them shoved > in my face by relatives... > > What the H... are they so paranoid about? > > Where's the law that says you can never take photos of > 'this or that'? Or, him or her? > > It's mostly a power trip. "I'm a cop, and you have to do > what I tell you." If you refuse to obey you're resisting > arrest. > > Anything that is not compulsory is forbidden. > > Partly it's because the courts adopted a policy that it's > ok for cops to break the law as long as they have good > intentions. Then that policy gets expanded to private cops. > > Then to private armies. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
