Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My experience with the NYC police during the Occupy events is that generally I do what they ask at the moment, and never be the first person to rush out at any sign of incidence. I even engaged them in friendly chatter during "downtime." Oakland police is very different altogether, as they usually only showed up in all business uniform - heavy duty riot gears, On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:12 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Gee I rarely had a problem with police .............. it's called a 280 mm > lens I could turn into a 400 or 800mm in the blink of an eye with extenders > if required! Step back quickly, don't argue or use any of that crap about > "the public have a right to know" etc. when asked and shoot back into the > crowd closer than if you were in the middle of it with a 50mm lens! It's > called using your common sense and long glass for more than shooting a > football game! > > Trust me if you have never ever been in the middle of this kind of > situation? Please consider very seriously what you are going to write and > whom you might blame. Do not make grandiose comments or blame without one > iota of experince when confronted with a situation like this! Thank you. > > Yes this situation was in the evening! ERGO: photog probably required > flash use? So, it then requires a major amount of simple, read simple! > "Common sense" logic to avoid becoming a pain in the ass to the law > enforcement officers trying to do their job to avoid an out and out street > brawl situation???????? MAYBE? > > When asked to stop taking pictures.... meaning stop flashing that thing in > our faces ........... He, the photog, had a choice, stop flashing or stay > and keep being a pain in the ass for the police officers attempting to stop > what may or may not have turned into a bigger confrontation than what it > was?????? Or they wanted to cope with? > > There are way too many details missing for anyone to make a "cops bad > guys? "Photog bad guy? Blame! > "Or his rights stopped!" Or whatever you want to drag-up to make the cops > look bad! Get over it, they are not all bad guys some people try to make > them out to be! Yep, there are a few bad ones. Just get over it and be glad > there are more of them, "GOOD GUYS AND GALS" than the odd stupid one! > > Why not wait to read what the newspaper and police make as believable > statements first, without waving your flag and constitution rights all over > the place blaming folks before anyone actually knows the closest thing to > the truth that actually occurred?" > > It would seem reasonable to have all the details first? Isn't it? > > Seems a fair and reasonable manner before making grandiose statements > about what's written in your constitution ? And whom to blame? Cops? Whose > job these days, they couldn't pay me a enough to be one of them trying to > cope with society of today! Or a photog attempting to do his job and not > using one iota of common sense! > > cheers, > Dr. ted > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>