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2013-05-24 19:32:43 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 6 +1s)

Once again, cops and paramedics try to use the HIPPA law to prevent people from photographing emergency scenes, even when the federal law has nothing to do with public photography.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/24/orlando-cop-tries-to-intimidate-man-from-photographing-emergency-scene/

2013-05-24 04:53:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

The Kern County Coroner - who reports to the Kern County Sheriff - determined that Kern County deputies did not cause the death of a 33-year-old man whom numerous witnesses said was beaten viciously with batons and kicked to the head before he was hogtied and slammed to the ground twice.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/23/questionable-autopsy-determines-david-silva-died-of-heart-disease-not-deputy-beating/

2013-05-23 13:59:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

So now they're saying that not even the FBI has the capability to recover the deleted footage? 

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/23/confiscated-cell-phone-footage-of-beating-death-released-second-footage-apparently-deleted/

2013-05-23 13:42:22 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

2013-05-23 02:28:06 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

A Palm Beach County deputy was inside a business when he looked out the window and spotted a man trying to enter his patrol car, so he walked outside and arrested the man.

Meanwhile, another man was video recording the incident, so he was also arrested.

2013-05-22 20:16:48 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

The trend of cops claiming your cell phone camera could be a gun continues.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/22/another-cop-claims-cell-phone-camera-could-be-gun/

2013-05-22 17:44:54 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

At first, Ohio Valley Mall officials said Officer Adams did nothing wrong by going berserk on a group of people taking photos.

But that was before the video went viral.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/22/ohio-mall-security-guard-fired-after-viral-video/

2013-05-22 03:05:48 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

An update from Monday's story along with the video of Steve Hindi getting pulled over more than ten miles from the venue he was ejected from.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/21/oregon-rodeo-no-video-allowed-policy-applies-only-to-out-of-towners/

2013-05-21 21:26:35 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Canadian police are seeking an obnoxious woman who hurled racial slurs, then attacked a women carrying a camera

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/21/canadian-cops-seeking-obnoxious-woman-who-attacked-camera-wielding-protester/

2013-05-21 16:41:29 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Another cop fears a cell phone camera could be a gun, marking the fourth time this year a cop has tried to forbid a citizen from recording them in the name of "officer safety."

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/21/new-jersey-cop-panics-over-cell-phone-camera-thinking-it-could-be-a-gun/

2013-05-20 20:53:01 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Animal rights activist who recorded a controversial video of an Oregon rodeo last year is allowed to record on Friday, but then gets arrested on Saturday after they hung up a makeshift sign prohibiting video recording.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/20/animal-rights-activist-arrested-for-video-recording-rodeo-from-stands/

2013-05-19 05:19:45 (6 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

2013-05-19 01:29:01 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Check out this crazy video of an out-of-control security guard trying to prevent photography of an accident.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/18/ohio-mall-security-guard-flies-off-the-handle-trying-to-prevent-photos-of-accident/

2013-05-18 16:18:29 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 6 +1s)

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/18/nypd-cops-arrest-woman-recording-them-apparently-steal-wrong-memory-card/

2013-05-17 12:07:14 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 10 +1s)

The lesson here is that police will confiscate your electronics, even if they have no legal basis to do so, then try to coerce you into accessing them if you are smart enough to password protect them, which they also have no legal basis to do so.

But here's a man who refused to allow them to do that. Not much different than what Eric Faden did a few weeks ago. Except he was forced to hire a lawyer.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/17/phoenix-pd-return-mans-confiscated-phone-after-failing-to-obtain-access-to-video/

2013-05-15 23:10:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Come join Radley Balko and I in a Huffington Post Google chat at 7:30 EST, along with David Cohn, attorney for the family of David Sal Silva, the 33-year-old man killed by Kern County sheriff's deputies last week, which led to deputies seizing phones from witnesses who recorded the beating.

Now the FBI is investigating the deputies for allegedly deleting footage from one of the phones.

All you need to do is click on the link.

http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/kern-county-police-brutality/519392482b8c2a259500017f

2013-05-15 11:50:13 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Kern County sheriff deputies beat a man to death last week, then confiscated phones from citizens who had recorded the beating. 

And now some of that footage has been deleted from a phone and the FBI is investigating. 

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/15/fbi-investigating-california-deputies-for-possibly-deleting-footage-of-beating-death-from-confiscated-phones/

2013-05-15 11:48:16 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

Not even a warning from the federal government was able to stop the Baltimore Police Department from attacking a citizen with a camera.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/15/baltimore-police-sued-once-again-for-deleting-footage-from-citizens-camera/

2013-05-15 03:21:07 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 6 +1s)

Two NYPD cops are unable to handcuff a single man, so more than 20 additional cops rush to the scene.

Naturally, they force the man with the camera away from the scene, even though he was doing nothing but recording from a respectable distance.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/14/nypd-cops-swarm-sub-station-to-make-arrest-forcing-man-with-camera-away-from-scene/

2013-05-13 20:58:42 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

American Airlines says you can take all the photos you want of yourself and friends flying with you but not of anybody else.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/13/passengers-told-to-turn-off-cameras-as-police-escort-singing-woman-off-plane/

2013-05-12 20:48:55 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

Remember that incident I wrote about earlier this month? Now we have two videos showing us what took place.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/12/two-videos-emerge-showing-san-antonio-cops-abusing-their-authority/

2013-05-12 02:40:05 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 6 +1s)

It's getting crazy out there.


http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/11/arizona-man-winds-up-jailed-unemployed-and-homeless-after-photographing-courthouse/

2013-05-10 19:48:18 (2 comments, 5 reshares, 6 +1s)

Another case of cops beating a man to death, then seizing cell phones from the witnesses who captured it on video.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/10/california-deputies-seize-phones-after-beating-man-to-death/

2013-05-10 03:41:07 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/09/miami-cops-order-man-to-stop-recording-traffic-fatality-investigation/

2013-05-09 20:46:33 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

I've been getting tons of messages about this 12-year-old kid who confronted a cop on camera demanding to see his badge number.

Here is his follow-up video along with the first.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/09/12-year-old-boy-who-questioned-cop-on-camera-posts-follow-up-video/

2013-05-09 03:18:46 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

So many stories to write, but I've been crippled by tech issues this past week. We're working on it.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/08/if-youre-frustrated-about-pinacs-tech-problems-youre-not-alone/

2013-05-08 02:19:12 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Another soon-to-be viral video of a cop assaulting a citizen over a camera.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/07/north-carolina-cop-assaults-citizen-recording-him/

2013-05-07 22:55:18 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Woman sunbathes topless on South Beach, which is common.

Man photographs her sunbathing topless, which is also common.

Woman attacks man, which is not common.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/07/miami-woman-attacks-man-for-photographing-her-sunbathing-topless-on-beach/

2013-05-06 21:48:23 (1 comments, 6 reshares, 10 +1s)

Here is something you never see. Two cops getting criminally charged for destroying evidence after a citizen has recorded them.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/06/two-nebraska-cops-facing-felony-evidence-tampering-charges-after-stealing-mans-memory-card/

2013-05-06 15:42:24 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

A 27-year-old school teacher takes a 15-year-old student into a closet for heavy make-out sessions but is not arrested.

A television news crew comes within 500 feet of the school to report on the story and is threatened with arrest.


http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/06/florida-cops-threaten-news-crew-with-arrest-outside-school/

2013-05-06 06:06:18 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 7 +1s)

2013-05-03 23:34:05 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Here is the blog post a journalist never wants to write, but if you make a mistake, you need to own up to it.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/03/new-york-state-trooper-media-spokesman-said-he-is-not-same-trooper-who-handcuffed-videographer/

2013-05-03 19:13:20 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Cops will continue to delete footage because they know they will never be punished for it.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/03/san-antonio-park-police-beat-woman-delete-video-which-is-later-recovered/

2013-05-03 14:03:23 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

2013-05-02 20:46:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Hypocritical CBS reporter who makes a living standing in front of a camera and getting other people on camera without their consent confronts me about getting him on camera.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/05/02/cbs-miami-tv-reporter-confronts-me-about-video-recording-him-in-public/

2013-05-02 20:41:49 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

2013-04-30 19:35:29 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Just another attempt by law enforcement officials to equate camera-wielding citizens as terrorists without any evidence to support that notion.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/04/30/las-vegas-police-claim-camera-wielding-citizens-compromising-officer-safety/

2013-04-30 01:27:56 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 3 +1s)

What is it with these police public information officers who think they can arrest citizens with cameras?

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/04/29/ny-state-trooper-and-possible-media-spokesman-handcuffs-man-for-video-recording-him/

2013-04-29 18:08:33 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 5 +1s)

Rochester PD once again bullying a citizen for video recording from their own front yard.

http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/04/29/rochester-ny-cop-threatens-to-arrest-man-recording-from-front-porch/

2013-04-26 16:38:25 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 9 +1s)

You knew they would once again associate photography with terrorism after the Boston Marathon bombings but did it have to be on the same day they pleaded with the public for photos to help them identify the suspects?

http://www.photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/04/26/dhs-and-fbi-release-statement-after-boston-bombings-that-photography-can-lead-to-terrorism/

2013-04-26 04:10:11 (2 comments, 6 reshares, 4 +1s)

http://www.photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/04/25/louisiana-man-arrested-twice-in-one-month-for-video-recording-cops/

2013-04-25 05:28:14 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 7 +1s)

His name is Fritz Janvier and he thought he was so smart.

But now he looks like a thug and a dumb ass.

http://www.photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/04/25/south-florida-cops-forced-to-return-phone-after-court-order-revealing-unlawful-arrest-video/

2013-04-23 16:54:41 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Introducing Photography is Not a Crime's new advertising rates. We offer very competitive rates while reaching hundreds of thousands of readers a month. 

http://www.photographyisnotacrime.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Ad-Rates-2013-Photography-is-Not-a-Crime-4.22.13-8.pdf

2013-04-21 18:26:00 (4 comments, 4 reshares, 4 +1s)

For the third time in less than two months, a cop slapped a smartphone out of a man's hands, claiming he could not tell whether it was a phone, a weapon or some type of other scary device.

http://www.photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/04/21/arkansas-cop-rip-iphone-out-of-mans-hand-claiming-he-couldnt-tell-it-was-a-smartphone/

2013-04-17 15:56:58 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Police in New Jersey are on the lookout for two Middle Eastern men with cameras.

http://www.photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/04/17/paranoia-against-cameras-and-middle-eastern-men-heightened-after-boston-bombings/

2013-04-16 17:10:47 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

The FBI, who has long labeled public photography as "suspicious activity," is pleading for public photographs that may help them determine who is responsible for the Boston Marathon explosions. 

http://www.photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/04/16/boston-marathon-explosions-reveal-hypocrisy-behind-police-attitude-towards-photographers/

2013-04-15 18:58:24 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Cops tell me to place his hands behind his back. He says, "fuck you," before placing his hands behind his head.

Cops tase him repeatedly and kick him in the head, later claiming he made a "threatening gesture."

It was all caught on video.

http://www.photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/04/15/delaware-cops-caught-on-video-tasing-and-kicking-non-resistant-man-in-head/

2013-04-15 16:02:52 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

http://www.photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/04/14/louisiana-cops-arrest-man-for-video-recording-them-in-public/

2013-04-14 05:39:59 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

More and more people are learning their rights. And paying the price for it.

http://www.photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/04/14/louisiana-cops-arrest-man-for-video-recording-them-in-public/

2013-04-11 22:32:22 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

http://www.photographyisnotacrime.com/2013/04/11/north-carolina-woman-arrested-for-video-recording-cops-from-front-yard-wins-settlement/