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Posts from January 2009

3 years ago

Judge doesn't believe contradictory statements from BART police partner

With all the chaos and yelling and turmoil surrounding him as he was trying to handcuff Oscar Grant, BART police officer Johannes Mehserle managed to say quite a mouthful to his partner before pulling his gun out and shooting Grant. “I’m going to taze him, I’m going to t [...]

3 years ago

Amtrak to develop new guidelines regarding photography in train stations

Amtrak officials have assured the National Press Photographers Association that they are developing new photography guidelines as well as revising existing guidelines within the Amtrak Police Department. In response to several inquiries by the National Press Photographers Association to t [...]

3 years ago

Photographing police could land you in prison for ten years under new UK law

In case the War on Photography hasn’t sent a chill down your spine yet, this one should do it. Beginning February 16th, a new law will go into effect in the United Kingdom which would make it illegal to photograph “members of armed forces, a member of the intelligence services, [...]

3 years ago

Two recommended blogs

One of the best things about running this blog and watching it grow in popularity each day is that I get acquainted with other bloggers, each who bring their own perspective, passion and expertise into the blogosphere. Two bloggers I became acquainted with this week are a retired Virginia [...]

3 years ago

Results of last week's election poll

More than 45 percent of Photography is Not a Crime readers who participated in last week’s poll did not vote for Barack Obama. But of those 108 readers, nearly 20 percent now believe he was the right choice. A total of 233 readers participated in the poll with 54 percent saying they [...]

3 years ago

Penn. police ordered to apologize to man they harassed for filming them

On three separate occasions in 2007, Pennsylvania police detained, handcuffed and/or charged Richard Hookway after he videotaped them against their wishes, citing him for “harassment” and “disorderly conduct,” and telling him it was “against the law” to fi [...]

3 years ago

Miami veterans group conducts funeral for homeless veterans

In update of an article I wrote two weeks ago about a local organization named Make A Wish Veterans that was seeking donations to bury homeless veterans, including one who was recently murdered, Miami-Dade Dems was at the scene with his video camera. [...]

3 years ago

The war on cell phone cameras begins

The economy is in shambles. The war is costing billions. And the country is adjusting to a new president (thank God). But what does a New York Congressman want to do? Outlaw cell phone cameras that don’t make a clicking sound when you press the shutter. The “Camera Phone Pr [...]

3 years ago

A Miami blogger's run-in with Matt Damon

Update: Here is the link of the nightclub where most people believe Matt Damon had a right to privacy. Update II: A Miami photojournalist and blogger – and occasional paparazzi – weighs in on what is now officially The Matt Damon Issue. So Matt Damon walks into a popular Miam [...]

3 years ago

Looks like I found myself a new server to host my site

I don’t really know much about bandwidth usage but I’ve been told I use a lot, especially when one of my blog posts ends up on the front page of Digg or Reddit or Slashdot or Fark or any other number of aggregating sites. That is why even though I specifically signed up for Go [...]

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