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UER Forum > Archived US: Pacific Southwest > LA: Photographer or Terrorist? (Viewed 427 times)
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LA: Photographer or Terrorist?
< on 8/31/2012 12:54 AM >
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"Photographers Can be Detained as Potential Terrorists Under Official LAPD Policy"

http://blogs.lawee...ty_terror_lapd.php

discuss...

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Re: LA: Photographer or Terrorist?
<Reply # 1 on 8/31/2012 1:07 AM >
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Well, there goes LA draining and crane climbing...

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Re: LA: Photographer or Terrorist?
<Reply # 2 on 9/1/2012 3:51 AM >
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Hey, look at the bright side, at least it's not "shoot on sight"....yet.

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Re: LA: Photographer or Terrorist?
<Reply # 3 on 9/1/2012 6:33 AM >
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if that happens to me then LAPD is going to get fuckin sued.

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Re: LA: Photographer or Terrorist?
<Reply # 4 on 9/1/2012 8:30 AM >
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Wouldnt being caught (granted you could be held for 24hrs and questioned) still fall under a Trespassing charge assuming it wasnt government property, ie, Power Plants, Military, etc..?

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Re: LA: Photographer or Terrorist?
<Reply # 5 on 9/1/2012 4:19 PM >
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I have concerns that this could be misused, but don't have a problem with the policy per se.

"the LAPD this week moved ahead with an official policy that considers taking photos and videotaping of some buildings suspicious activity"

1. "official" - this only makes an informal policy a formal one. LEOs already stop and ID some photographer under some circumstances.

2. "some" buildings - There is nothing too suspicious about taking photos of the Golden Gate bridge but I might wonder about someone taking photos of people coming and going from the employee entrance of the police station, an abortion clinic and several other places.

3. "suspicious" activity - not illegal activity. They don't seem to be trying to criminalizing photography, they are only formalizing that photography can raise reasonable suspicion and warrant investigation under some circumstances.

Could this be misused? Certainly. Police could use this policy as an excuse to harass anyone with a camera, however this can, and unfortunately does occasionally, occur even without any formal policy.



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