Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]ORIGINAL MESSAGE Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 10:09:45 -0800 From: "Oliver Bryk" <oliverbryk@attbi.com> Subject: [Leica] OT - student arrested for photographing public transit facility Message-ID: <001001c2d842$15700820$6401a8c0@YOURF68DMBR429> References: This item from the RISKS newsgroup might be of interest: "Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 05:46:37 -0500 From: "Rebecca Mercuri" <notable@mindspring.com> Subject: Risks of Doing Homework At the faculty meeting at Bryn Mawr College on 12 Feb 2003, we were informed that a student at Haverford (our affiliated College) was arrested over the weekend when he was trying to do his homework assignment in Philadelphia. As part of the Cities project, he was taking photographs of SEPTA (our regional transit authority) facilities when he was arrested, detained for a few hours, and eventually released. Haverford administration is working to try to ensure that this event not be a part of the student's permanent police record. Apparently taking photographs at transit facilities is cause for arrest during "Code Orange" alert, the authorities explained. Faculty were advised to be careful about assigning "field trip" projects during such alerts." Oliver Bryk Isn't this a prime example of the limitless stupidity of so much of our anti-terrorist behavior. In what way would a photograph taken of a transit facility during an orange alert be of more value to terrorists than the same photograph taken during a lower alert status? I wish the ACLU would get on this. A few false arrest lawsuits might work wonders. Herb - -- Herbert Kanner kanner@acm.org 650-326-8204 Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will pee on your computer! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html