What thuggish behavior. Kudos to the Village Voice for publicizing this. I've been accosted (though not arrested) for taking photos on public sidewalks/streets in Washington, DC. The two times that come to mind were before 9/11. Photos of the Feds in question: http://www.mccullagh.org/image/d30-5/capitol-police.html http://www.mccullagh.org/image/d30-5/pennsylvania-ave-setup-cop.html -Declan -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Politech Submission: The NYPD wants to take your picturebbut beware of turning your lens on the cops Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:43:35 -0400 From: John Albino To: declan@well.com

From the Village Voice of April 10:

"Watching the Detectives "The NYPD wants to take your pictureB-but beware of turning your lens on the cops" http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0615,ferguson,72804,5.html "But police evidently aren't so keen on surveillance when the cameras are turned on themB-particularly when those cameras show them abusing free-street-parking privileges. "On March 27, two volunteers from the advocacy group Transportation Alternatives were detained for taking pictures of police officers' private cars, which were parked on the sidewalk outside the Fifth Precinct in Chinatown. The volunteers say they were held and questioned at the precinct for about 20 minutes and instructed to erase the pictures. ""It was intimidating. I was afraid they were going to arrest me," says Brian Hoberman, 37, who works as a researcher for the city's Rent Guidelines Board." -- John Albino mailto:jalbino(AT)jwalbino.com _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/) ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]