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Keep your tongue in your mouth!We were permanently banned from the Miami-Dade Metrorail for taking photos
Update: The National Press Photographers Association is protesting the way authorities handled the situation. The Society of Professional Journalists is also looking into the situation.
We had planned to ride the Metrorail through three stations to see if anybody would try to stop us from taking pictures of the trains.
We didn’t even make it inside the first station.
By the time it was over, three hours after a security guard told us it was against the law to take pictures in the parking lot of the Douglas Road Metro Station in Miami, a 50 State Security Captain had banned us for life from ever setting foot on the Metrorail again.
All because of those photos we took in the parking lot.
Clearly, somebody is going to learn a lesson in all this. And it’s not going to be us.
I was with Stretch Ledford, a veteran photojournalist who is currently pursuing a Masters of Arts degree in Multimedia Journalism at the University of Miami School of Communication.
Check out his version of the story here.
I first heard of Ledford when I saw his video of Overtown after it was posted on the South Florida Daily Blog a few months back. I was impressed with the video and knew I would like the guy.
I met him shortly after when I spoke in front of his social media for journalists class at the University of Miami. I complimented him on his videos. He complimented me on my blog.
Ledford has worked in 50 countries on five continents. He has experienced countries where the government actually doesn’t allow photography of public buildings. So it irks him when he is denied that right in the United States.
When he decided to work on a project about photographers not being allowed to take pictures on the Metrorail for his media law class, he asked if I would like to work with him on it.
He didn’t have to ask twice.
Ledford had done his homework on this project, having interviewed Miami-Dade Transit head of security Eric J. Muntan who informed him that people had the right to take pictures within the Metrorail station with the exception of commercial photography, which needed prior approval.
Muntan also sent him Miami-Dade County Code 30B-5 (2) which states the following:
Commercial photography or recording. No person, unless authorized in writing by MDTA or the County Manager when appropriate under Section 2-11.14 of this Code, shall take still, motion, or sound motion pictures or sound records or recordings of voices or otherwise for commercial, training or educational purposes, other than news coverage anywhere in the transit system.
There also happens to be an exemption towards students and faculty regarding the “educational purposes” portion of this code, which is outlined in Miami-Dade County Ordinance Sec. 2-11.14 (2) (iii).
“[n]othing in this section shall require any permit from: (i) Individuals filming or video taping only for their own personal or family use; (ii) Employees of print or electronic news media when filming on-going news events. This exception shall not apply to simulations or re-enactments orchestrated by print or electronic news media; or (iii) Students and faculty filming exclusively for educational purposes. “
However, Muntan also told Ledford the contracted security guards at the stations are allowed to harass question photographers.
As we spoke on the telephone and as I informed you, in a proactive effort to maintain the highest vigilance of the MDT system, MDT’s contracted security officers and this office’s security supervisors do reserve the right to question those individuals who may be engaged in any photographic activities in or around MDT property.
The county currently contracts with a company called 50 State Security, which apparently only does business in one state. The county previously contracted with Wackenhut but they suffered too many embarrassing scandals. And they weren’t very versed in photographers rights either.
But 50 State Security is much worse.
We were approached by a 50 State Security guard within minutes after stepping into the parking lot of the Douglas Road Metrorail Station a little after 2 p.m. on Wednesday.
Ledford was photographing one of those Coral Gables trolleys when the guard told him it was against the law due to terrorism reasons.
Ledford attempted to show him the email from Muntan, but the security guard was agitated that I would not stop filming him, so he walked away and called the cops. And then he punched out for the day. Seriously.
So then Ledford showed the email to a female security guard who still insisted that we needed prior permission. When we told her that the email proves she was wrong, she barred us from entering the station until a 50 State Security supervisor arrived. And this after we had already purchased our tickets.
Then a Miami police officer arrived and he said there was nothing he could do about it, so Ledford asked him to call a sergeant, who arrived but said there was nothing he could do about it because the Metrorail station falls under county jurisdiction, not city.
So Miami-Dade cops were dispatched to the scene, who in turn called a “Homeland Security” cop to the scene, but it turned out, he was really a Miami-Dade cop who only worked in the Homeland Security Bureau, whatever that means.
Every single one of those cops ceded their authority to the security guards, informing us that if the guards didn’t want us taking photos or riding the Metrorail, then there was nothing they could do to supercede that authority.
At one point, after waiting for the 50 State Security supervisor for an hour, Ledford was about to walk right in and allow the security guard to detain him as she threatened she would, but then the supervisor finally showed.
Captain Elliot Gelber of 50 State had no idea who Muntan was and he didn’t seem to understand the county code that stated we were allowed to take photos.
The Miami-Dade cops demanded our identifications and even though I didn’t think I was obligated to provide ID because I wasn’t being officially detained, I gave it to her anyway because I really don’t have anything to hide in that regard.
I also handed her my business card and told her to check out my blog.
Finally, after the Homeland Security cop determined that we were not on any terrorist watch lists – at least not yet – we were told we were free to go but would not be allowed on the train after all.
The truth is, we could have left whenever we wanted but the goal was to make some sense of the contradictory policies in place regarding photography at the Metrorail stations.
But instead of getting answers, we were told we would never be allowed on the train again. For the rest of our lives. We were told we would be arrested for trespassing If we dared set foot on any Metrorail property for as long as we live.
They could only have managed this by obtaining the info from our identifications. Not that I have any regrets in handing it to them.
The bottom line is, we have a lawyer, a very good lawyer, a former Miami Herald media lawyer who now teaches media law at the University of Miami. His name is Sam Terilli.
This is far from over.
The top video is the condensed version of our escapade. The bottom video is the longer version.
Comments
Isn’t this public property?
Yes. A security guard can't ban you from public property without a court order. They seem to be wearing security guard uniforms, not black robes...
BERGMAN;)PLEASE NOTE THE PHYSICAL PROFILE OF THIS "QUALITY PROFILE ELITE GUARD"! THIS ETHNIC BIASED AGENCY PRECLUDES WHITE MALES-WHO HAVE FAR MORE GUARD EXPERIENCE, AND KNOW THEIR LIMITATIONS----THEY ARE NOW PAYING A "HEFTY PRICE" OF NEGATIVE PR AS A CONSEQUENCE FOR FAVORITISM-WOULDN'T YOU SAY?!IS THAT PROFILE WHAT ANYONE WOULD FEEL SECURE OR CONFIDENT REPRESENTING AN AGENCY? BE CAREFUL, MY FRIEND-THOSE "BLACK ROBED WANNABEES" HAVE A HISTORICAL GRUDGE WITH THOSE WHO WORE ROBES OF THE OPPOSITE COLOR....!A BIG UNIFORM TO FILL--THOSE ELITE GUARDS! DID YOU KNOW THEY RECRUIT WITH DOUGHNUTS ON SATURDAYS, AT 50 STATE SECURITY-GIVES YOU A CLUE ON THE "GIRTH" OF THAT TRAINING PROTOCOL! WAY TO MUCH EMPHASIS ON SNACKS, AND NOT SO MUCH ON CIVIL RIGHTS---OH WELL-ANOTHER LOW BUDGET OPERATION! THEY WILL BURN THROUGH THAT CONTRACT---BY YEAR'S END---ACCORDING TO MY RECKONING!
50 STATE SECURITY WANTS TO HIDE BEHIND THE MONIKER OF UNIFIED GUARD AGENCY----HOW CAN ANYONE THAT SIZE HIDE BEHIND ANYTHING, ANYWHERE??!GOT 'NAZI-LIGHT"?!!!!!
IT IS ON LIKE DONKEY KONG.
NUCLEAR LAW SUIT JIHAD UPON THE IGNORANT BULLY AUTHORITARIAN POWER TRIPPING 3rd WORLD POLICE STATE OF MIAMI …
I WANT TO SEE HOW MR. MUNTAN REPSONDS TO THIS…
YOU MISSPELLED THE NAME--IT IS MU-TANT!
Good work, Carlos. Clearly they are not keen to people asserting their rights.
I smell an permanent injunction coming along with some forced retraining of the staff.
This is one of those cases where they stepped in it so bad there is simply no recourse for them. They willfully and completely ignored the law. They attempted to ban you from what is essentially public transportation because they don’t like you.
I know you’ve got a big smirk on your face over this whole thing; and well you should.
Excellent work. Keep us posted.
I SEE CITY COMMISSIONERS, ON THE VERGE OF OF A PUBLIC RECALL FOR RAISING TAXES ON THE PUBLIC--LOOKING FOR AN ISSUE TO MAKE THEMSELVES LOOK GOOD! HOW ABOUT THE RAIL SECURITY SNAFU AS A REASON TO FIRE 50 STATE SECURITY---UHHH-JUST A PONDERING AND MUSING.....
I’m confused, when some onse “askes” for something that request is allowed to be refused, but the cops keep repeating things like “I’m asking you for ID”, or “I’m asking you to turn that off”.
If they are asking and one refuses is that refusing a lawful order?
Boy, when you set out to find them, you sure find them good.
I’ll be keeping an eye on how this develops.
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Bring in the Lawyers!
PERHAPS WE CAN BEST IDENTIFY THE PROTOCOL OF THIS TROOP OF FECKLESS MINIONS BY GIVING THEM THE BIG RED NOSE STRAP-ON, A RED WIG, FLOPPY SHOES, AND A LITTLE FLOWER THAT SQUIRTS WATER FROM THE LAPEL?
“I’m going to ask you one more time” – And then what? They’ll ask again? Use violence? What?
That line must work on most people though or else they wouldn’t use it so much. What a shame.
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This will be a lot of fun as the story unfolds and grows. Private security guards banning photography and people from a public transit building is simply a great story!
Nice work with the camera too. It’s nice to see a video like this that’s not all Blair witch style pointed at the ground most of the time.
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CARLOS, RICKY AND M-E ARE GONNA TAKE SERIOUS FLESH OUT OF THESE OUTSOURCED GUARD AGENCIES-EACH HAVE OUR REASONS;EACH HAVE OUR METHODS---BUT IF ENOUGH WILD DOGS GO AFTER THE BEASTS-THEN THEY DROP AND DIE. WE DON'T WANT THE AGENCIES, THE CONTRACTS SERVICED BY THESE AGENCIES, OR THE IGNORANT BATCH OF GUARDS BEING POSTER CHILDREN FOR A ONCE FUNCTIONAL SERVICE. WE WILL REFORM THESE AGENCIES-AND THE MOVEMENT IS JUST STARTING TO GET IT'S STRIDE-SO PUT YOU HELMETS ON!BY THE WAY, CHAUNTELLE-I LIKED YOU BETTER WHEN YOU WERE IN THE OFFICE AND ACCOUNT MANAGER-YOU LOOK RIDICULOUS STANDING OUT THERE ON THE RAIL CHASING BAD-BOY CARLOS AROUND! GOT I.D. CHAUNTELLE?! RUN-RUN-RUN-----GET HIM! OOOPS-YOU GONNA GET A LAWSUIT!
I'D SIT DOWN WITH CARLOS AT DENNY'S, AFTER BUYING HIM LUNCH-AND BY THE TIME THE BILL CAME-THIS ISSUE WOULD HAVE GONE AWAY AND THIS WHOLE MESSY DIATRIBE WOULD BE RENDERED MOOT. THE FACT THAT "THE ISSUE" IS N-O-T THE REAL ISSUE-AND HAS SO MANY UNRESOLVED SUB-STRAITS THAT NEED AIRING IN PUBLIC FORUM-MAKES IT WORTH--- REVISITING IN A PUBLIC FORUM! THERE IS A LOT OF AMBIENT ANGER HERE, TOO. I WONDER IF PSYCHOLOGISTS IN THE FORUM MIGHT HELP. MIAMI IS A HIGHLY STRESSED AND RATCHETED POPULATION AT THIS POINT-AND HIGHLY ARMED AND REACTIONARY. WE NEED TO VENT OUR CONCERNS WITHOUT LAYING HANDS ALL OVER EACH OTHER.I HAVE OFTEN BACKED AWAY FROM DIRECT CONFRONTATION BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE ARE WAYS TO ACCOMPLISH A POINT WITHOUT "WAR-HAMMER" CONFRONTATIONS. I AM NONE-THE-LESS DETERMINED TO THROW THESE GUARD COMPANIES "UNDER THE BUS, AND OUT OF FLORIDA"! THE REVOLUTION IS IMPLICIT; THE IMPLEMENTATION-HAS VARIATIONS! I HAVE NO POLICY RIGHTS ISSUES-THE AGENCIES-(ALL)-MUST GO-PERIOD. THAT DEBATE WAS FINAL A LONG TIME AGO!
50 STATE SECURITY COULD CUT IT'S OWN THROAT WITH A SAFETY RAZOR! THEIR PROTOCOL IS NO LIMITS AT ALL! I KNOW THE FECKLESS FOOLS IN THAT OFFICE-THE DESPERATE QUEENS ARE CATS-HANGING-ON BY THEIR JOB TOENAILS! THEY FEAR THE WALLS THEMSELVES-AND USUALLY CAUSE THE VERY PROBLEMS THEY TRY TO SOLVE. TO MANY COOKS IN THAT KITCHEN-ALL SNITCHIN' THE CHEESE! NOT A ONE OF THOSE MANAGERS DONE ANYTHING NICE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES---FOR MANY,MANY YEARS! THEIR CLIENTS FIRE GUARDS WITHOUT CAUSE-SO WHY NOT RENDER THEM JOBLESS TIT-FOR-TAT??!
-when you donate your 50 cents a week to retrain-a-guard, you get a refurbished worker who goes forward with pride-to 7-11, and with coffee and biscuit in hand-he is off to conquer the world. YOUR DONATION IS CRUCIAL-SHOW YOU CARE FOR THE POVERTY-STRICKEN GUARDS!---next story; THE TIN WOODMAN GETS A HEART FROM THE WIZARD!
MOHAMMUD ALI VS CHUCK WEBNER----THE HUMAN PUNCHING BAG FIGHT. NOW COMES-CARLOS; IN "THE WHAMMY IN MIAMI"--AND 50 STATE GUARDS ARE FLABBY FROM TO MANY DOUGHNUTS!!!!!
CHAUNTELLE-YOU DON'T GOTTA HIDE BEHIND "BLUE-BLOCKERS" SHADES, ANYMORE-THOSE DAYS ARE O-VAHHH....!( I LIKED YOU IN YOUR PREVIOUS INCARNATION MORE---!)
CARLOS-LET'S INSPECT A RECENT ISSUE WHERE I WILL COME DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE GUARD-AND ONCE AGAIN, PILE-DRIVE CRITICISM POINTED AT THE OUTSOURCED UNIFIED FECKLESS MINIONS THAT COMPRISE THE "VIVA MAX" TYPE FANTASY OF RAIL SECURITY!HOW ABOUT OFFICER REED, SERVING THE DUBIOUS ALPHABET COG KNOWN AS NAVARRO SECURITY ( ( YEP-THE SAME "ICON OF VANITY" POSING ON THE SHOW"COPS"-ONLY WHEEZERED AND GEEZERED WITH AGE-BUT JUST AS MILITANT AND CLOSED MINDED AS EVER...)-FIRED FOR REPORTING ANUNUSUAL PRACTICE BY A COP BEATING A SUSPECT SENSELESS THAT HE OBSERVED. THE INVESTIGATION CLEARED THE COP-BUT WHEEEEEEE-THERE GOES THE GUARD-AND YOU THINK NIC BACKED HIM UP?HAHAHA-LOL! i ONCE MADE A COMMENT IN JEST ABOUT OLD NIC IN A STORE I ONCE GUARDED-AND YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT I OPENED THE HOLE TO HELL ON THE EXPRESS ROUTE! HELLFIRE AND BRIMSTONE! THE POINT IS-THIS INDUSTRY IS FULL OF COERCION, VINDICTIVENESS,AND JUST PLAIN POLITICAL SLIME-BALLING OF CAREERS. YOU EXPECT PROFESSIONAL GUARDS UNDER FIRE OF "THE DEATH-THREAT OF IMPLIED DOOM?" THEY DON'T TRAIN THE GUARDS TO OBSERVE OR REPORT WELL-BECAUSE THEY JUST MIGHT---SEE-SOMETHING----THAT THE GREEDY, CORRUPT BOSS DOES! CAN YOU WORK FOR THAT CATCH-22?! N-O-T!!
THIS HARD-BALLING AND SCAPEGOATING GUARD CAREERS IS TRADEMARK OF THESE WIMPY OUTSOURCED AGENCIES THAT CONTRIBUTE THEIR FLEAS AND PROBLEMS TO AN UNWORKABLE CONTRACT. THEY HAVE "HAS-BEEN" POLITICAL AND SHOW-BOAT POSTER BOYS RIDING HERD OVER FEARFUL,DESPERATE WORKERS---WHO, FOR ALL THE WORLD, DESERVE MORE THEN A SECOND CHANCE AT WORK---BUT THE MENTALITY OF THE "RIGHT-TO-WORK" (TO JERK?!) STATE-MAKES IT COMMONPLACE TO FIRE WORKERS FOR NO REASON.MISTAKES CAN BE MADE-HELL, MIAMI MADE A WHOPPER WHEN THEY POSTED "A LOOK-ALIKE EVIL-DOER" WHO LOOKED LIKE MY "TWIN" (EVER WONDER WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE STALKED BY THE POSSE AS JESSE JAMES----YEEEEEEHAAAAH!) -FOR A HORRENDOUS SET OF CRIMES; AND THEY WASTED MONEY, NEVER CAUGHT THEIR BOY, AND MADE ME A FIRM FAN OF CIVILIANS ARMING THEMSELVES TO THE TEETH TO WARD OFF "EVIL INNUENDO" FROM CASTIGATING ONE'S PRISTINE REPUTATION. I KNOW THE ROPES-IMPLICITLY.THE WRONGED IN SOCIETY CARRY "FLAMING SWORDS"-AND ARE NOT PUT ASIDE BY THE LIKES OF-WELL, "YOU-KNOW-WHO"-- "PISTOL PETE":EHHH??IF YOU KILL OFF EVERYONE WHO LOOKS LIKE THE CROOK YOU THINK IS CORRECT-AFTER A FEW HUNDRED---YOU STAND A 50/50 CHANCE THAT YOU GOT THE RIGHT GUY-THE HEART OF MIAMI JUSTICE! PRINT T-H-A-T EDNA. ENJOY THE GREASY HOT-DOGS AND BURNED COFFEE AT 7-11;GIVE MY REGARDS TO THE POPE-----
Despite the fact that you provide daily evidence of this kind of abuse, it still amazes me when I see it.
Any thoughts on what would’ve happened it you just ignored any comment from the security guard? Would they have become frustrated and given up, or would they take a more aggressive posture?
Here’s the thing I’m confused about. How can you be trespassed for life from public property (I assume it’s public) when you haven’t committed any crime?
I look forward to seeing the follow-up to this story.
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gee-dunno...Maybe these clowns took the protocol from their equally incompetent predecessors-THE WACKENHUT GANG! Neither of these agencies are a beacon of illumination in civil rights understanding!
Carlos, this is going to be a long and hard fight. I do believe that your goal of insuring our freedoms is a very worthy one. However, wouldn’t it be easier to change things through education? I still think that you could work with the police forces in a professional capacity to educate staff and line personnel in the law as it relates to photography. Surely it would cost less to have you develop a mandatory training program than to fight this out in court–and that still would leave every officer untrained for the next situation. Same goes for security firms like 50 State. Just saying.
And to think, all Carlos and Mr. Ledford tried to do was to take a picture of one of those stupid faux-”trolleys”. For this all those LEOs showed up? As usual, they thought they made “the Big Catch” and diverted all of those resources to this. FOr that alone they all should be fired, as they proved that they would be easily manipulated had this been a real emergency.
Carlos,
Make sure you get 50 State and MDT to clarify what facilities you are banned from “for life”. Be sure to make a lot of people waste a lot of their time clarifying your status.
Be aware that you may not be able to rent a car at Miami Airport if this MDT facility gets built: http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/improve_airport.asp
And heaven help you if your local road planning agency gets merged with your transit agency as has happened in Los Angeles; you won’t be able to use the freeways!
“I cannot consider the Bill of Rights to be an outworn 18th Century ‘strait jacket’…Its provisions may be thought outdated abstractions by some. And it is true that they were designed to meet ancient evils. But they are the same kind of human evils that have emerged from century to century wherever excessive power is sought by the few at the expense of the many. In my judgement the people of no nation can lose their basic liberty so long as a Bill of Rights like ours survives and its basic purposes are conscientiously interpreted, enforced and respected so as to afford continuous protection against old, as well as new, devices and practices which might thwart those purposes.”
Justice Hugo Black, dissenting in Adamson v. California (1947)
From my readings here it seems “commerical” gets defined by the “cop on the spot” as the size of the camera lens and/or holding a tripod. I got one old 35mm camera with a telephoto lens that would get defined as “commerical”.
THE ISSUE IS NOT SIZE OF CAMERA-BUT THE POOR THEATRICAL PRESENTATION OF THE CLOWNS IN THE POLYESTER MONKEY-SUITS! WINGED MONKEYS NEED TO PESTER FOLKS ONLY IN THE "OZ VENUE"-FANTASY LAND, WITH FANTASY AUTHORITY!
What do you mean it should be? Railroad photography is, has been, and will continue to be of key importance in documenting the history of railroad companies from their beginnings in the 1800′s to the present era.
The only country on this planet that ever banned photography of its railroads was the Soviet Union. Do you want us to become like them?
As for police – they should only enforce laws as written and passed by the legislature. So far we are not a police state and I hope we never become one, however my fear is that people like you not only are letting it happen but are encouraging it.
And yes – these photographers DO KNOW THE LAW – there is no law or policy prohibiting non commercial photography on Metrolink.
Protect them from what? From their own PARANOIA?
CARRY THE INK CARTRIDGE, LEAVE THE CAMERA-----THEN THEY WILL "FEAR YOU"!
The Bill of Rights is outdated? So the police should have the right to overrule it at their whim?
Lets not forget that the Soviet Union had a great written constitution that also guaranteed things like a free press. Unfortunately the police there were given the power to overrule the constitution and we all know what the reality was.
Do you want the US to suffer the same fate, which is what will happen if we disregard the bill of RIGHTS.
Andrew,
What’s wrong with it is we are presumed Terrorist until proven Innocent and the Bill of Rights be damned.
How about a Holy Hand Grenade in the form of a law suit and job terminations.
Terminate those "QUALITY ELITE GUARDS"-WITH THEIR PARA-LEGAL,PRIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, MILITARY EXPERIENCE, OR CORRECTIONS SERVICE-OH MY GOD (OMG!)-WHAT WOULD THEY REPLACE THEM WITH?! ( I SHUDDER TO THINK!)
I look forward to reading about your successful lawsuit against these uninformed people.. Start looking at new cameras now; you’ll be able to afford them! Lol…
Banned for what reasons? Show some depth in your posts, simpleton.
It’s called using courtesy and being tactful to overcome the feeble minded. I guess that’s why the few that continually show their ignorance don’t get it. Drooling on a chess board comes to mind.
It was sound to act in “Losing the battle, but winning the war”.
Is this private property? If they can ban commercial photography then it must not be a public place. Am I right? They can’t ban commercial photography on a sidewalk so how can they ban it there if its public property? Since you guys made such a big deal about you not being commercial you must agree that they have the right to ban commerial photography.
It’s our responsibility to challenge misguided authority, but wisely, if one believes that a neanderthal in uniform decides to display the fullness of himself. If not, the facsist maggots win.
FROM FOOD-STAMPS TO RUBBER STAMP-THE CLASSIFICATION MORPHS-BUT THE QUALITY--DWARFS!
Andrew, it’s PROPER policing that needs to exist, not knuckle-dragging imposition. BTW, what’s more important than Constitutional rights?
Wake up, boy.
Rogue and wannabe isn’t the case. Responsibility doesn’t solely rest on their shoulders. The stupidity was passed down from the employer.
They need to be jerked in and immersed into some proper training
THEY NEED IMMERSION IN BOILING WATER-SINCE THEY PAY PEANUT WAGES-WE CAN BOIL THEIR NUTS!
@ Shawn
I’m not saying I agree with the ban. I’m just saying that they have the legal right to do it. It’s like that story Carlos posted about the photographer being banned from the mall. A business, even one paid for by public funds, can refuse service for almost any reason. However the fact that it is a pubic mode means they are much more likely to back peddle once the bad press starts up.
Johnny law would be the devil's advocate for the devil HIMSELF-AND RELISH EVERY WORD UTTERED IN BANALITY! He is diatribe without substance, and sass, without class!
Wow, these two “reporters” sound like a bunch of punks. Visiting a mass transit facility and bossing your way around with an email that has no proof of authenticity is a good way to make a lot of trouble for everyone. When someone with a responsibility for keeping people safe asks you to stop doing something and to explain your presence, play nice, don’t shove a camera in his/her face.
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