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How much should you charge for a photograph?NY Senator Receives Probation for Attacking Photojournalist
Remember that New York politician who was convicted for chasing down and attacking a photojournalist who was trying to photograph him?
Remember how he was facing up to two years in prison for his crime?
Remember how we all swore he would receive the maximum penalty allowed?
Actually, we all were pretty convinced he wouldn't serve a day in prison.
And we were right.
State Senator Kevin Parker, a democrat, received three years probation Monday.
Not a bad deal considering he was initially charged with felony assault, only for the charges to be downgraded to criminal mischief.
Prosecutors were hoping he would serve 30 days.
According to the New York Times:
According to a sentencing memorandum, the episode occurred nearly two years ago when Mr. Lopez photographed Mr. Parker outside his home on Avenue H in East Flatbush. The senator then chased the photographer down the street, prosecutors said, before giving up the pursuit and sitting on the hood of Mr. Lopez’s car to await his return.
As Mr. Lopez got in the car, the memorandum said, Mr. Parker grabbed a door, stopped it from closing and damaged the door panel. He also damaged Mr. Lopez’s camera and flash while trying unsuccessfully to wrestle away the equipment.
“The struggle over the camera continued inside the car and ultimately ended on the sidewalk next to the car,” according to the memorandum. “Mr. Lopez suffered a fractured finger during the melee.”
Comments
Some animals are more equal than other animals.
Something about this story smells worse than the dump my cat just took.
This has been going on for years, the two tiered U.S. justice system, one for you, and one for them. Around 15-20 years back, a local Massachusetts tax activist, Barbara Anderson was assaulted by a state rep, as he didn't like her objecting to him and his cronies jacking up the taxes. I forget what his name was, but I remember that nothing ever happened to him for that. In a more famous case, the now deceased Sen. Ted Kennedy ran his car off a bridge, he had a women with him. He swam away and left her to drown, then didn't call the cops till the next day, when of course all the booze was flushed out of his system. Any normal person would have been screwed for doing that, Kennedy got away scott free. The hypocrisy never stops. I bet if the situation was reversed, and the photographer ran down and assaulted Kevin Parker he'd be in jail doing time.
No bet, we've seen time and time again anytime the unwashed masses even get close to politicos what happens.
And this is why I also carry a firearm, sometimes two, when taking photographs. I'm willing to be falsely arrested and fight that without a confrontation. This would have have been a situation where I would have drawn my firearm as I'm not sure I would have ever actually feared for my life or feared "severe physical harm". However, the mere presence of my firearm might have been a deterant against the aggression to begin with.
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