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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
10:32PM

Photography is Not a Crime: B.P. Edition

 

Over on Thomas Hawk's blog, he's got a post up discussing a recent report of yet more intimidation and harassment of a media photographer, this time in relation to British Petroleum: 

MORE POLICE HARASSMENT FOR THE “CRIME” OF PHOTOGRAPHING BP’S OFFICES

Frankly, the corporate police state is getting more brazen and unapologetic. Every day, another report harassment surfaces of photographers in particular. 

Enough is enough. Photography is not a crime.
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    Source: MORE POLICE HARASSMENT FOR THE “CRIME” OF PHOTOGRAPHING BP’S OFFICES
    by Thomas Hawk at Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection on June 23, 2010
    Drew Wheelan runs the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Blog. He’s also the conservation coordinator for the American Birding Association. As part of his documentation of the problems around BP’s oil spill, he went down to Houma, LA to try and talk to a safety officer at BP. During his visit he tried to film a segment in front of BP’s offices when he was approached by a police officer who asked for his ID and “strongly” encouraged him to leave the area as BP did not like people filming their offices. He capt

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