On 2009-03-29 04:48:59 -0700, Neil Jones said:

Very interesting article.

http://digg.com/political_opinion/Ph...ndment_ Right

NJ

Photography

is a First Amendment right, but there are some limitations -- the same
limitations that apply to all other First Amendment rights.

Certainly, police officers should have no expectation to a right not to
be photographed if they themselves are committing crimes such as
assault, conspiracy to deprive people of civil rights, corruption, and
abuse of authority. That is why we have a First Amendment in the first
place -- it is a tool to protect ourselves against tyranny. In this
case, the police were behaving tyrannically. Small wonder they hate the
First Amendment.

In the cases cited here, it was the police officers who were violating
the law, not the photographers. The police were merely angry because
the photographs were being used as evidence against them. Tough.

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