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Rick Sanchez/CNN "hero" ROFL!!!

I am legitimately curious.
Officers often seem to cite concern for their safety in these situations. I did a quick check for instances of harassment, stalking or assault on officers as a result of having their picture taken and could not find any. Admittedly not conclusive but can any one point to cases in this country where this has occurred? On the other hand, you can find massive reports of and more importantly convictions of police officers harassing, stalking and assaulting citizens on duty and off. I am not saying that people have not used video and photos of officers maliciously, but I see no evidence of it being out of proportion to attacks on civilians or any other group.

"No photography inside moving trains for privacy and safety reasons"
Sounds like both LA Metro and PATH in New York need a good old fashioned lawsuit for stuff like this.

All of that deputy's bullshit aside, at least he didn't lose his temper and physically assault you. He seemed very well composed while he was blowing smoke up your ass Shawn.

One would think that Baca would be getting tired of his people becoming YouTube stars...

I wonder if that officer just happen to catch some guy with 20 pounds of pot on him, and the press showed to put his picture on the front page and top story on TV news would still be as camera shy?

I hope these people realize and understand that when the cops are taking their photos they are putting their photo / face in their new Facial Recognition database.

Operation Mission Creep is a fucking bitch.

The Fatherland- Socialist/Nazi Germany
The Motherland - Communist Russia
The Homeland – An Unspeakable Bastard crossbreed of the two above!

Velcome to za Homeland.

I've seen park rangers threatening photographers with fines if they don't stop shooting in local LA city parks. I often wonder how legal can that be. I was once doing a shoot for a friend, not a paid shoot, and I was asked to leave from the parking lot at the train museum's parking lot (actually I was at the end of the lot on the crass) at Griffith Park. I was told that commercial photography was not aloud there. I explained to them that I was not doing a commercial shoot. But they said that my camera "looked too professional" and there fore I would not be aloud to continue. Otherwise I would be ticketed by the park rangers.

I thought about suing them on the basis of discrimination. I see people with cameras taking pictures of their kids and others on the park...inside the park and not outside as I was. I was not doing a commercial shoot, I'm not a professional but I do consider myself a serious amateur, and the only difference between me and those other people is the looks of the cameras. In my opinion a camera is just a camera regardless of it's looks. Anybody can stop by a camera store and buy a 2,000-9,000 dollar professional camera regardless of whether they are a pro or not, and whether it's going to be used in commercial shoots or not.

I wonder if those sheriffs (the one on the video and the others in the background) would had been so “nice” if reporters had not been there? I really doubt it. If it had been anyone of us (average folks) they would had turned into dickheads really fast and kicked us out or threaten us with arrest. It’s amazing how well they behave when cameras are around.

I've seen park rangers threatening photographers with fines if they don't stop shooting in local LA city parks. I often wonder how legal can that be. I was once doing a shoot for a friend, not a paid shoot, and I was asked to leave from the parking lot at the train museum's parking lot (actually I was at the end of the lot on the crass) at Griffith Park. I was told that commercial photography was not aloud there. I explained to them that I was not doing a commercial shoot. But they said that my camera "looked too professional" and there fore I would not be aloud to continue. Otherwise I would be ticketed by the park rangers.

I thought about suing them on the basis of discrimination. I see people with cameras taking pictures of their kids and others on the park...inside the park and not outside as I was. I was not doing a commercial shoot, I'm not a professional but I do consider myself a serious amateur, and the only difference between me and those other people is the looks of the cameras. In my opinion a camera is just a camera regardless of it's looks. Anybody can stop by a camera store and buy a 2,000-9,000 dollar professional camera regardless of whether they are a pro or not, and whether it's going to be used in commercial shoots or not.

I wonder if those sheriffs (the one on the video and the others in the background) would had been so “nice” if reporters had not been there? I really doubt it. If it had been anyone of us (average folks) they would had turned into dickheads really fast and kicked us out or threaten us with arrest. It’s amazing how well they behave when cameras are around.