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Re: Removed from a train by the NYPD this morning |
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Posted by The Port of Authority on Tue Aug 15 01:51:47 2006, in response to Removed from a train by the NYPD this morning, posted by Canton Viaduct on Mon Aug 14 10:19:26 2006. Needless to say, I immediately hopped on the next train and remained silent. I'm currently waiting for the NYCLU to call me back regarding the matter, and in the meantime, I'm rather apprehensive about taking photos in the near future. The whole incident really riled me up, in only my second time out. I was having a lot of fun too.Don't let this put an end to your photo-taking career. A minor incident like this shouldn't stop you from partaking in transport photography. Most police officers -- especially those patrolling the further-out stations -- won't do this to you, they'll probably just ask you a few questions and then you can be off on your merry way. But I agree that some of the things that the cop did were ridiculous. Putting your camera in his pocket? He really overstepped his authority and needs to be reprimanded about that. I've only had a few incidents while dealing with the police and transport photography; the worst was back in 2004, when I snapped a photo of a (Q) train at Parkside Avenue and got the usual 9/11 speech from an undercover officer who happened to be standing nearby. I also was questioned by Metra police while at Galewood Metra station in western Chicago last month; fortunately, they didn't even bother to get out of their police car, and only asked me what I was doing and why. |
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