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“If You Put That Picture On The Internet I’ll Call My Lawyer”

May 7th, 2008 · 10 Comments

By Carlos Miller
First he yelled at a homeless man. Then he threatened a photographer who was documenting the situation. And finally, he approached the photographer and grabbed his lens.

San Francisco photographer Jeremy Brooks said the man threatened to call his lawyer if his picture ended up on the Internet.

Brooks posted his picture on the Internet anyway. And so did Thomas Hawk. And so did I.

His picture has also been posted on Digg and the link has been posted on Reddit.

I’ll let you know when his lawyer calls.

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10 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Patrick Cahalan // May 7, 2008 at 10:32 pm

    403 on Jeremy’s site.

    ISP, hosting company?

  • 2 Tamara Lush // May 8, 2008 at 10:41 am

    Hi Carlos! I thought you would be interested in this link — it’s about some bodyguards for Rihanna who beat up a photographer in St. Pete and took his camera. Take care, Tamara

    http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/article492020.ece#email

  • 3 FerfelaBat // May 8, 2008 at 2:42 pm

    His ear is funny. And. he looks pissed.

  • 4 voxy // May 8, 2008 at 3:28 pm

    oooh, not his lawyer.
    Christ, everyone’s a FRIGGIN lawyer these days.
    Move to Tampa; attend stetson.

    be a lawyer.

    it’s so simple.

    LMAO !!

  • 5 Carlos Miller // May 8, 2008 at 3:29 pm

    Tamara,

    Thanks for the heads up. It’s been posted.

    FerfelaBat,

    Imagine how pissed he would be if he found out his picture is all over the Internets.

  • 6 Jeremy Brooks // May 8, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    Hi,
    Yeah, my site is 403′d because of the traffic. I’m working with my hosting company to get supercache installed. Should be back up soon.

    Thanks for the post, Carlos!

  • 7 Carlos Miller // May 9, 2008 at 10:58 am

    Jeremy,

    Good to see your site is back up again.

  • 8 Henry Gomez // May 10, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    Stetson’s not in Tampa.

  • 9 Ines // May 12, 2008 at 10:51 pm

    He has a sort of “godfatherish” look to him that I find amusing.

  • 10 Carlos Miller // May 12, 2008 at 11:20 pm

    Ines,

    He could easily be an extra in the Sopranos.

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