“What we’re seeing is photographers being charged with disorderly conduct, trespass and obstruction of governmental administration for doing their job. I call it the catch and release program. Almost always the D.A. will drop the charges immediately. But in the meantime, the police have managed to stop the person from photographing. It’s not just news photographers who should be concerned with this. Tourists taking pictures are being told by police, security guards and sometimes other citizens, ‘Sorry, you can’t take a picture here.’ When asked why, they say, ‘Well, don’t you remember 9/11?'”
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/criminalizing-photography/?smid=tw-nytimes
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