Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All of what you say is fine. But the question is really... why was the photographer arrested? Why was he struck or taken down? And more generically, was this behavior by the police within their SOP? This all assumes the ( little bit of ) data we have is correct..... and not slanted itself.... Frank Filippone Red735i at earthlink.net Then and now I know that there are reasons for preventing a person from being too close to a scene and can appreciate the stress that law enforcement is under with every single stop they make. Every one is unique and dynamic so the officer has to take all variables into account and make the scene as safe for themselves as well as the civilians around them. I'm not saying that I agree with the beating of people recording police activity but there IS another side of the story and we must appreciate that these people are doing a dangerous job in a capacity to protect people in their charge and therefore should be given some obedience. Not complete subservience but respect for the work they are doing. All too often these discussions are far too black and white, yes or no, when there is no such situation in real life. Phil Forrest