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Re: How NOT to handle an encounter with police (Re: ROBBED BY A COP— PROPERTY DESTROYED!) |
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Posted by Fred G on Thu May 3 16:45:13 2007, in response to Re: How NOT to handle an encounter with police (Re: ROBBED BY A COP— PROPERTY DESTROYED!), posted by railbus63 on Thu May 3 16:18:27 2007. I was referring to the tone of your whole post, not just showing them the photos. I've showed officers some of the photos on my LCD screen (and proudly lol) but they didn't take my camera away.I use a film camera instead of digital I see. I agree with you that we should educate them and that's what we try to do. The best thing you can do is to explain the why of your choosing where you are; the worst thing is just blurting out a curt "taking photos". The dynamic changes each encounter since sometimes we meet good cops and sometimes we meet bad cops. Lately it's been hearing them "Sir?" "Sir? You can't take pictures here" me "Oh? Why is that?" them "Since 9/11; you can't take photos in the subway" me "I'm sorry but I beg to differ; that Photoban idea was shot down over a year ago" them "Well I'm sorry, sir, you can't take photos here" me "I happen to have a copy of that part o the subway rules [of conduct] with me and it says that photography is allowed. Now I'm not with the bad guys and if it bugs you personally that I take pics here I'll leave but I dunno about this not allowed stuff. It's from the MTA website and I have it in my front [vest] pocket; I'm not drawing a weapon." Then I show them the thang and they look at it, hand it back and usually bid me a good day, we shake hands, all is well. Once in a while they just give it back and storm off. That's basically been the tone of my encounters. Nilet's was a lot worse and by his account the cops were out of line, not him. your pal, Fred |
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