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Only the last sentence of your first paragraph is true: it’s legal to photograph the police and public spaces _but_ doing so may involve you needing to deal wit
by acdha 3y ago
Only the last sentence of your first paragraph is true: it’s legal to photograph the police and public spaces _but_ doing so may involve you needing to deal with lawless cops and that can be extremely risky depending on who you are and what mood they’re in. Dealing with that culture should be one of our top priorities.
- dahart 3y agoIndeed, the ACLU agrees. Not sure how parent got that bad info, but there’s a rather famous pamphlet called “Photographer’s Rights” meant to carry in your pocket or camera bag to hand to abusive law enforcement, should one run into it. https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/photographers-rights https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/photographers-rights https://www.krages.com/phoright.htm https://www.krages.com/phoright.htm