An Open Letter from A ‘Creepy Guy’ With a Camera To The Woman Who Reported Him To The Cops

David Updike from Cambridge, Massachusetts was ‘detained’ by six policeman after a woman reported him to the cops for taking photos of children in a local park in His open letter just goes to show that not everyone who is sitting on a bench in a park with a camera is a ‘creep’ Dear Neighbor, Yesterday […]

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NY state trooper stops aerial photographer for flying over police station; sergeant calls him off. Why can’t we all just get along?

It’s no secret that photographers are often given a hard time by law enforcement officers, especially near sensitive buildings. Be it due to abuse of power or ignorance of the law, the presence of a photographer near a security-related building is bound to attract the attention of the local authorities, and aerial photography using drones […]

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Woman settles for $82,000 after police officer punches her unconscious for trying to recording him

Madelyn Milton, a doctoral student from Minneapolis, was out last year with her friends when an argument with a taxi driver over the fare led to police being called. The young women decided to record police sergeant Tyrone Barze, and when Madelyn stood up for her right to record him she ended “lying unconscious and […]

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Woman receives $117,500 in settlement after being arrested for recording police

An Illinois woman, who was arrested and charges were filed against her after she recorded police officers on her friend’s property without their consent, decided to fight back and stand up for her rights. Ironically enough the officers themselves were not given permission to enter the property in the first place. Additionally, the Illinois Eavesdropping […]

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