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Wishing I was in Miami. Have fun, good luck, and keep your cool.

Too far to be there. Wishing you all the best. Thank you!!

BTW, I am concerned about the language in the letter from Muntan that says, “MDT reserves the right to question individuals taking photographic images in our stations.”

This could be willingly misconstrued as a right to harass, detain, assault, and/or arrest.

And the use of “our stations” bothers me. Whose stations? “Ours” as in the public who pays for them with their tax dollars or “ours” as in the bureaucrats and and their lackeys who are on a strange power trip?

Oh! And I just LOVE the water mark at the bottom of the stationery: “Delivering Excellence Every Day” (pg. 1) Looking forward to seeing what “excellence” they conjure 8/8/10!

Good luck Carlos, wish I could be there.

Wish i where there but unfortunatly i live in the middle of no where with no money to get there. So may God be on your side. I already know the constitution will be there. Have fun stay safe and post some great pics.
Luck from Nebraska.

What is the current legal fallout from the last incident. Have you gotten names? DA express any interest?

Can’t wait to hear (and see) how it turns out. I’ll do the same thing out here in San Diego… I’ll just ride a full circuit on the trolley, snapping photos the whole way. Maybe I’ll have something interesting to post too.
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I hope no one is using a flash like in the photo at the start of this article. Not only is the person taking the photo using a flash, but that dude has another flash. Im pretty sure those little consumer cameras would need flash because they perform badly in low light…

The point is, being a photographer and a user of public transport. If a bunch of photographers got on the train and started flashing everything, I would get super pissed.

Try to get minimal people using flash.
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I won’t be using flash. My flash is getting repaired now.
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Hope you get some great pics. Keep your cool, and give the other side enough rope to hang themselves.

Find some people without cameras, just commuters and as them their preference: cameras/no cameras? Video the vigilance cameras. As how they know they have not set up by terrorists.

I’ll be supporting you guys in spirit tomorrow by photographing my children against their will. They may not like it, but damn it, it’s legal!

Good luck!

I wish you guys luck.

Can’t make it, I’ll be on the left coast. This is a great thing you’re doing Carlos.

Reminder: bring a pocket camera with video capability, a fat memory card, and an extra battery. Keep the little camera around your neck, or velcroed to your photo vest, and start recording the second you spot security guards or cops coming on.

And remember: you’re representing not just yourself during the protest, you’re there for all American photographers. So I suggest that everyone remain passive and friendly with them (practice your fake smile), no matter how in-your-face they get.

You know the score better than they do: taking photos in public is legal. Anything illegal or violent they do will be points against them, AND you’ll be recording it.

SAME APPLIES TO YOU. Doesn’t matter if you believe you’re legally defending yourself, because what will be remembered, after any legal actions, is the perception that you kept your cool when harassed for no reason.

Good luck to all who go!

We will be watching from a far. Wish I lived closer

Wish I was there. Everyone, good luck and have fun!

Collect a gazillion photos in an album of some sort, as I’m not exactly close to Miami, I can’t attend, and will be very interested to see what happens.

Are any larger press organisations attending? It would probably make it less attractive to, let’s say.. bend the rules to assault you in some way.

Waiting for an update!

Good luck! I wish I were there.
I’ll keep my eye on the news in case this gets some national attention.
Be careful out there.

Too bad I did not know about this, I’d participate for sure. Been stopped by security numerous times around County buildings, in museum plaza, etc. Never in the metrorail though, but I am kind of low profile shooter.
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Hmm. Nobody has commented on this. Maybe they are all in jail now. I hope to hear something soon.

It seems to have gone smoothly – http://qik.com/video/10420114

I know this isn’t about the main topic, but it kinda fits. I found it hilarious that the very thing 50 State keeps stopping you and other photographers from doing helped solve a crime. I am unaware if you have heard of this story. Apparently a fellow passenger took a photo of someone committing a crime and posted it on Twitter. This photo helped police in detaining the suspect. HA!

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/08/massachusetts.flasher.nabbed/index.h...

I sent a private email to carlosmiller@magicmedia.com

It bounced as unaccessable.

Better check your service.

Wish I could be there.

I was at the NYC protest in 2004. It was a lot of fun. When we came across some cops in the Union Square station, there were about 75-100 of us, and about 5 cops. They were terrified, and basically tried to pretend like we were there, while we snapped photos of them for a few minutes before moving on.

Best of luck to you. I hope your experience is equally painless.

@Jay: Maybe you should read the address again.

Maybe the next great film maker was on the train:

http://americaspeaksink.com/2010/08/top-ten-greatest-movies-of-all-times/

Is there a written policy or sign stating no photography allowed? If so, I then can see the security guards point as only enforcing the rules of the metro rail. However, if there is no written policy or sign to that effect, then good luck in fighting this nonsensical harassing the guards are inflicting on photographers.