Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:34 PM 31/01/00 -0500, you wrote: >At 02:54 PM 1/31/2000 -0500, Jeff Moore wrote: > >2000-01-31-13:17:30 BOB KRAMER: > >> The next thing I know, a police officer is standing over me asking > >> for my I.D. and wanting to now what I am doing sitting around this > >> restaurant at 6:00 in the morning taking pictures! > > > >Now, WAIT a minute! What possible justification could he have for > >asking any of that? I have learned long ago that there is no point in arguing law with a police officer. It's not in his job discription. ...Especially when he has the power of the state and the gun in his hands. As much as it may gall you, be pleasent, show him some ID and tell him what you are doing. As long as there has been no complait against you or you are not suspected of breaking any law... that will be the end of it. It works for me be it small town constable, urban combat troops or border police with a gun stuck in my ear. You are not doing yourself any favours by pissing off a cop. You will never win. Greg Locke St. John's, Newfoundland locke@straylight.ca http://www.straylight.ca/locke - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Touched By Fire: doctors without borders in a third world crisis. http://www.straylight.ca/touchedbyfire.htm ISBN#0-7710-5305-3 McClelland & Stewart