This part really bothered me: He said that since I didn't have a NY State ID he couldn't run my information over the radio, and he would have to take me into the station at 145th St to check it out "in front of his peers". He then asked me to turn around and put my hands behind my back and then he handcuffed me.
I know for a fact that almost every police department in the United States, especially those in medium to large cities have full access to the NCIC system to run checks on licenses, ID's etc. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Gena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is an extract from the Times Online UK article: > > "Now, a new poster campaign by the Metropolitan Police is inviting > Londoners to call a hotline if they don't like the look of a > photographer. "Thousands of people take photos every day," runs the > text. "What if one of them seems odd?" The poster states that > terrorists use cameras for surveillance. Life with a camera might be > about to turn tougher." > > http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article3574763.ece > > First France with laws on the books on no photography on police > activities. Now the police in the UK are trying a variation by asking > citizens to profiling and suppressing street photography. > > Not that this hasn't been tried in the U.S. > > http://carlosmiller.com > http://carlosmiller.com/2008/02/09/new-york-city-photographers-will-protest-sunday-against-ongoing-harassment/ > > Boing Boing was on this and you can see some of the parodies that the > UK police poster inspired. > http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/05/remixing-the-london.html > > U.S. vloggers need to know your rights. > > http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf > http://photojojo.com/content/tips/legal-rights-of-photographers/ > http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2005-12-29-camera-laws_x.htm > > Gena > http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com >
