Photography is not a crime

Carlos Miller
Using subpoena power that you think would be reserved for criminal investigations, Newark Police obtained the IP address of four police officers who posted anonymous criticisms against the department on a website that discusses local issues and politics, according to the New Jersey Star-Ledger.
Three officers ended up getting fired and a fourth officer, Louis […]

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Carlos Miller
With so many people losing their jobs over their blogs these days, it’s no wonder why South Florida blogger Rick was so insistent about remaining anonymous.
On Monday, a Miami Realtor named Lucas Lechuga was fired over something he posted on his Real Estate blog, according to The Miami Herald.
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By Carlos Miller
In an incident that was captured on video, Local 10 reporter Jeff Weinsier was arrested in October on charges that he was “trespassing on school property”.
However, the unedited video of the incident shows that at no point was Weinsier ever standing on school grounds.
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By Carlos Miller
Marc Sarnoff’s next memo to himself should be a reminder to think before he speaks.
The Miami City Commissioner, who ran for office as a voice for the people, revealed that he is just as discriminatory against lower-income folks as any Miami politician who is in the pocket of developers.
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By Carlos Miller
Armed with nothing but a camera, Seattle photographer Bogdan Mohora was thrown in a jail cell last November and told he could be charged with disorderly conduct, inciting a riot and endangering a police officer after he photographed police making an arrest on a public street.
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By Carlos Miller
New Jersey police have apparently taken on a Soprano-like attitude towards photographers.
Today’s article is about a photographer from the Herald News, a paper based out of Passaic County, who was arrested after taking pictures of a house fire.
Yesterday’s article is about a photographer and editor from the Brazilian Voice who were arrested in […]

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Update: The photographer’s name is Geraldo Carlos. As of today, he has not been deported.

Carlos Miller
What is it they teach these officers in the police academy anyway?
Obviously not basic First Amendment rights because these arrests continue to happen.
But this case will probably get all the Constitution-quoting xenophobes to side with police because the photographer […]

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By Carlos Miller
It wasn’t too long ago that I considered The Los Angeles Times the best newspaper in the country.
It was just as thorough, compelling and international as The New York Times, but with much better writers. Whereas the New York Times maintained a degree of Fifth Avenue pretentiousness, the LA Times possessed a certain […]

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The Saga Continues

Episode I
Episode II
Episode III
Episode IV

By Carlos Miller
One month after he announced he could no longer blog because his anonymity had been threatened, Stuck on the Palmetto blogger Rick made another announcement:
That he is launching a new blog.
This time he insists that he will only be posting in the beginning and in the […]

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Carlos Miller
Miami Police Officer Geovani Nunez is one of those rare breeds of officers who doesn’t give a damn about that Blue Code of Silence that requires officers to remain silent about the misconduct of fellow officers.
Not surprisingly, he ended up getting reprimanded by the department for his “disloyalty”.
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