Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Scary, I wasn't arrested yesterday in the London underground but I was told I couldn't make any pictures. It seems that they are afraid that people photograph places in which they can hide explosives. It was a friendly guy so no offense taken. At the airport my camera bag was searched. I lost half a roll of film because they wanted to see the inside of my rolleicord. There used to be a day that the English policemen didn't wear weapons. At the airport they now carry a big automatic weapon and a handgun. In Paris at the Eiffel tower you can see armed army men to protect the people. It is getting a scary world indeed. Kind regards, Michiel Fokkema Jim Laurel wrote: > I caught this in today's ASMP newswatch. Yet another news story about a > photographer being arrested. Land of the free indeed. More like land > of the scared. > > Last week Ben Hider, a photographer in White Plains, NY, was detained by > police for several hours because he took pictures of the flags in front > of the court house. Later, a spokesman for the court administration > issued an apology. But the police union refused to apologize, saying the > officers were trying to follow their instructions in the absence of a > sensible policy. Apparently, in a previous situation, the cops were > scolded by court officials for NOT detaining an individual. > > More details on the WABC Eyewitness News website, shortcut is > http://tinyurl.com/m32sd > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >