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It seems that things aren't much different in Denver.

ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Taking Pictures of Senators, Big Donors

Does anyone trust the police anymore? Should we? They create the issue then arrest you for not following an order to do something you have every right to do. If this isn't a police state what is?

I think it's time for some Ice Cube.

Remember those controversial "no nukes" posters from the Union of Concerned Scientists NWA made Clear Channel take down in the airport?
We went out and bought some space of our own, including a billboard on eastbound 94, just past Snelling.

Suck it, Big Oil.

bob...Hazelden called. your posters are insensitive and they want them taken down. oh, and about your drinking...

I would be pretty flippin' outraged if police officers confiscated my equipment. I'm a cooperative person, if they asked to see what I was doing I'd have no problem showing them pics or video I've taken. I think that's reasonable, but if they actually took it away, they'd probably be able to press charges for me going ballistic.

That said, I wasn't allowed to take pictures inside the Xcel arena last night, but they did let me carry around my camera in its bag.

Haven't we been discussing this the last couple of days?

Cam Gordon reports that the journalists' equipment has been returned (second paragraph).

Kwatt, there's a big difference between being inside/non-public space vs. being in a public place. It's perfectly reasonable for a event host/property owner to impose restrictions. Not so in public.

And I don't think it's reasonable to be expected to show the police what you have on your camera without a search warrant. What if you have a scoop on a story? What if you have evidence of police /public official crimes? What if you have nekkid pictures of yourself or your girlfriend/boyfriend on there?

The 4th and 5th amendments are there for a reason.

bob, did you read the Paul Schmelzer report about CBS pulling a series of billboards?

And I don't think it's reasonable to be expected to show the police what you have on your camera without a search warrant. What if you have a scoop on a story? What if you have evidence of police /public official crimes? What if you have nekkid pictures of yourself or your girlfriend/boyfriend on there?

Then I wouldn't show them, b/c I don't have to be cooperative if I don't choose to.

This is one of the those topics that I really like. Not because of what the police did, but because pretty much everyone thinks the police overstepped their bounds, left and right.

We may disagree on a lot of things, but pretty much everyone thinks the police don't have the right to take peoples' stuff without a crime being committed or a warrant.

Hooray for America.

are you done with your commercial yet, bob, or should we refrain from posting for a bit so you can finish up?

oh, the horror! those nasty photographers are going to bring down america!

And I don't think it's reasonable to be expected to show the police what you have on your camera without a search warrant.

I agree wtf. Who do they think they are. This is all in the name of democracy. This country is fucked. Part of the problem is the right and the Left have been fighting over little things for so long that none of them see the big things happening in this country. It's about feeling good but not about what is right or wrong. Freedom of speech is not saying what "they" want you to say, it is saying what should be said. We need to protect each other on this one. I and you pay for the gad dame side walk. WE PAY TAXES it is our money it is our side walk, it is our excel energy center, the god dam tax payer paid for it so leave us the hell alone. Man I am getting pissed about this. IF this keeps up I will be protesting with the nut bags soon.

oooh - a good link from Robin Garwood on Cam Gordon's staff - it's the Police Practices Resolution, passed last month. See page 574, section 27 for the prohibition of taking cameras, etc. Entire section about "Adopting police policies regarding public assemblies" starts on 572.

Seems like a good couple of pages to print and keep on your person if you go out protesting or documenting protesters.