A few years ago when I was in Halifax I had my film taken from me just days before they air strikes in Kosovo. My hotel over looked the Naval base and at the time I worked for CTV ( hence how they knew I would have a camera ) , apparantly they had no cause to take the film from me but all I got back were a few free rolls of kodax film for my troubles. With all thats going on with Sept 11 cops seem to have a few more rights than normal.
--- Lasse Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike I. wrote: > > On an unrelated topic: today I went shooting to > check out these two > lenses, > > to Charlestown (I live in Boston area). There's > quite a spectacular > > industrial view: a multi-tier highway, a huge > (almost finished) > bridge, with > > Boston downtown skyline as a background. I was > taking pictures when a > guy > > came by and told me that I have walked into a > restricted construction > area > > where no pictures is allowed. I said "sorry", and > moved back a dozen > feet > > away, where's a public park. Then I went on > shooting from the park, > under > > the bridge, when the same guy together with 3 or 4 > cops stopped me, > searched > > me, wrote down everything from my driver's > license, asked a lot of > questions > > and took the film from the camera. They admitted > that from where I > was, it > > wasn't prohibited to shoot -- but the highway and > the bridge is > "sensitive > > area", and the argument ended there. > > Interesting report. > Had any cops in Sweden done this - searched you, > taken your film - > without noticing you of being suspected of a crime > of certain dignity > (and being able to prove that their suspiciouns were > well founded) - > they would have risked losing their jobs. It seems > that they could be > sued/charged (at least) on two accounts - 1) breach > of duty (I don't > know which term is used in the U.S.) in searching > you without proper > cause and 2) unlawful interference (again not sure > of U.S. terminology), > with is a criminal offence. > It would be interesting to know if the police in the > U.S. are in their > full right to act the way they did to Mike. > > > I guess what I want to say, now that I am at home, > after a drink -- > I'm > > happy I'm not an arab... > > Well, it doesn't seem to make much difference, does > it...? > > > Just needed to share with someone. > > Thanks, > Lasse > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. > To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. > Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at > http://pug.komkon.org . > ______________________________________________________________________ Find, Connect, Date! http://personals.yahoo.ca - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
