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Re: Today I got a summons from the LA Sheriff and added to the LA terrorism list (Long) |
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Posted by WillD on Sun Mar 19 01:37:28 2006, in response to Re: Today I got a summons from the LA Sheriff and added to the LA terrorism list (Long), posted by Train Dude on Sun Mar 19 01:20:23 2006. Is photography specifically forbidden by any law in LA's code? If what Easy was doing was not forbidden there was no reason for him to expect to be stopped and he was well within his rights to raise the questions he did. It shows a lack of courtesy on both parts that neither party complied with the other. However, if photography were forbidden then the officer would have been easily able to explain his reasoning for stopping Easy.At what point do we go from 'being prepared' to being a police state? If a cop walks up to you on the street, tells you you're acting suspiciously and demands an ID do you always have to give it over to him? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe showing your papers to overanxious law enforcement officers has traditionally been a hallmark of the classic police states around the world. As Americans in a society which ostensibly free it is incumbent on the police to only stop those who are truely being suspicious or demonstrably breaking the law. Clearly Easy was not breaking the law, and photography is not a suspicious act, so he was under few obligations to comply with the officers questions without a few of his own. |
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