Photographer Harrassment in Silver Spring, MD

[swmdrayfan]

Just found this.....
apparantly it's 'illegal' to take pictures in downtown Silver Spring, MD.

http://www.nowpublic.com/photography...pring_maryland


Just another example of the paranoia going on in America.

[Photo-John]

Great article. Thanks for sharing it. There should be a law that anything built with public funding can't have a photography ban. Seriously. This would be a very good project to start. If I helped pay for it, you shouldn't be able to stop me from taking pictures. Of course, if national security really is an issue, I understand. But those instances are few and far between. This isn't just an issue for photographers, either. It's a civil liberties problem. We need to portect our right to monitor and share what's happening in the US and around the world. If we can't do that, things can be hidden. And that's not good.

[swmdrayfan]

Great article. Thanks for sharing it. There should be a law that anything built with public funding can't have a photography ban. Seriously. This would be a very good project to start. If I helped pay for it, you shouldn't be able to stop me from taking pictures. Of course, if national security really is an issue, I understand. But those instances are few and far between. This isn't just an issue for photographers, either. It's a civil liberties problem. We need to portect our right to monitor and share what's happening in the US and around the world. If we can't do that, things can be hidden. And that's not good.

Businesses, local, state, and federal governments are using 9/11 as a crutch to keep people from excercising the rights granted in the Constitution. People are being murdered day after day, and they worry about a guy with a camera. A photographer from TX was in Indianapolis to photograph a F1 race, and was harrassed by the cops because a little bit of a government building was in the shot he took of an art exhibit. What in the he** is wrong with this country?