“Interfering with an investigation” is one of those wondrously ambiguous catch-alls that law enforcement uses with impunity to restrict people’s constitutional rights. Award-winning documentary photographer Shawn Nee is only the latest to get shut down by camera-phobic cops.Good thing he has back-up cameras on his person – something I’d recommend for anyone who may have cause to question “authori-tah“.
Bonus: ACLU’s Photographer’s Rights page.
Matt Staggs
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as much as I love the idea of tweaking pigs
I have found in practice
that obsequiousness & self effacing buffoonery works best
even then, there’s no guarantee
that and
being smart enough to avoid them altogether
I already know they don’t give a flying toot about my rights
and don’t need to prove it