Settlement for illegal detention for photography ...

[WDPictures]

The only thing I haven't tried is shooting the US embassy.. but really... why poke a sleeping dog that you KNOW might bite.

Interesting thought... this guy decided to do some poking here in Seattle recently. Not sure he will be getting a settlement offer but he did get the cell phone picture in question as "the" cover of this weekly newspaper. Some of the reader comments shed a little more light on the characters in this drama.

As you can imagine I haven't followed up to find out the current status of this incident.

here is the link again...
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/05/12/police-arrest-man-for-taking-photo-in-rei

 

[aizan]

photogs should have a shoot in every october 26. get some media attention, get this bs over with.

 

[Avotius]

No surprise....I wonder if they ever came out with those "photography is not a crime" t-shirts....

 

[Sparrow]

8 k for 20 minutes in cuffs ain't that bad...

Have you decided what to spend it on yet? That new Oly looks OK



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[squirrel$$$bandit]

The video at the station for the Island Ferry in Seattle instructs people to turn in to the police any photographer who is crouching down in a dark hoodie to shoot photos using an SLR of the boat, or any thing else.

That is the most ****ing asinine thing I've heard in a long time.

 

[newspaperguy]

Back on track... Nice capture dmr.

That P.I. article is worth printing and keeping in the car.

PS _ luv ur blog

 

[35mmdelux]

Why settle for chump change? what is missing is the punitive piece which is usually the 80% part of any settlement.

Correct me if Im wrong, but to even file in District Court requries a $50K case. Thus a settlement for $8K means the prof got busted there too.

Anyhow, this is nothing to get worked up about. Law enforcement doent know much about law or they would be lawyers.

 

[Trius]

Disaster Area: With all due respect, you're kidding right? This is civil rights issue, not a question of the proper disposition of torte cases. The analogy is totally off base.

 

[Trius]

Have you decided what to spend it on yet? That new Oly looks OK



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Certainly not worth $8K if there's no friggin' viewfinder!

 

[RayPA]

yay for Shirley!