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I don’t understand the point to begin with. Assume competent malice by the police. What do they stand to gain by unlawfully photographing journalists that they
by jimbob45 6y ago
I don’t understand the point to begin with. Assume competent malice by the police. What do they stand to gain by unlawfully photographing journalists that they could not have obtained by simply lawfully checking their credentials?
- lsiebert 6y ago"troopers checked and photographed journalists and their credentials and driver's licenses at the scene in order to expedite the identification process." Now they know who they are, and where they live. It's a classic intimidation tactic.
- jimbob45 6y agoRight but checking credentials was okay and I assume their credentials had their name (or gathering their names was surely okay). It was just the photography that wasn’t okay. However, what do you need a photograph for when you can just go pull up their file back at the station using the name on the credentials you just took down?
- sporkologist 6y agoThey are intimidating them, you know, like fascists do sometimes
- koheripbal 6y agoThey are arresting violent protesters that are masquerading as journalists.