One of the students in one of my photography classes (I was taking, not giving, the class. Just to be clear.) was working on a class assignment ("Take pictures of something that represents the area" or some such) and was harassed and run off by a policeperson because he was standing in a public location, taking pictures of the ferry as it pulled out of Bremerton and past the wooded hillside on the Port Orchard side.
The right to take pictures of public things from public places is specifically protected by law. That whole First Amendment thing, you know.
Winter or Spring quarter of '05, so it's not like it was September 12, '01.
The upshot? People need to find out what their rights are and be able to quote them chapter and verse, because the cops *don't know and don't care*.
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Date: 2007-08-29 08:38 pm (UTC)The right to take pictures of public things from public places is specifically protected by law. That whole First Amendment thing, you know.
Winter or Spring quarter of '05, so it's not like it was September 12, '01.
The upshot? People need to find out what their rights are and be able to quote them chapter and verse, because the cops *don't know and don't care*.