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Settlement for Professor that was taking photos from public land - repost
texas360dave 2009-Sep-02 12:47:00
REPOST - from Yahoo Groups PanoToolsNG
jscancella2004 [James] August 31 2009 wrote:
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Just an FYI. Taking pictures of objects or people in plain view is not a crime. An art professor who was frisked, handcuffed and detained for taking photos of power lines in Snhomish WA [edit Washinton State USA]. just received an $8,000 (US) settlement after the U.S. District Court in Seattle found that the officers "lacked a reasonable justification for their aggressive tactics in completely restraining [Professor]Scheier's personal liberty." Professor Scheier was detained in the back of a police car for nearly an hour, after taking pictures of towers at a substation, even after she explained who she was and what she was doing.
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Thanks James