Comments on: Chicago police blog sides with Photography is Not a Crime on story

By: davied

davied — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:15:54 +0000

the police r cowards stop real crimes and quit being so petty and scared and do your jobs how can commuities help you if you keeping offenders on the streets.

By: ThisOne

ThisOne — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:22:08 +0000

Seems pretty obvious that police personnel on site were aware of the laws and the dynamics of the situation and acted illegally and in collusion with the civilian giving ersatz orders.

By: Mike S

Mike S — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 20:02:45 +0000

The amount of money the photographer could win is totally insignificant in a city where they make an entire airport disappear over night (the city paid over a million in fines, etc.).

In just a short time, Chicago will beat that many times over by making a good part of another city disappear – Bensenville, IL, which is already a ghost town of empty houses and businesses (it’s worth taking a drive through before it’s torn down).

Just like the Federal government doesn’t consider whether the country can afford to go to war if it declares war (as in Iraq), the City of Chicago doesn’t care how much money it costs to have an iron fist around its citizens.

Power is what makes Chicago work (and that power was recently extended to the rest of the country for at least the next four years – barring an impeachment).

By: PDBreske

PDBreske — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:07:23 +0000

I hope, for the sake of all photographers, that NO money is paid to the arrested party. Instead of taking a settlement, the photographer should insist that the entire Chicago police force be re-trained on the proper way to handle photographers, videographers, and anyone with a camera. There should be a city-wide media campaign that tells the average citizen that they are indeed allowed to take photos of all public servants while conducting their business.

The only way to prevent this kind of thing from happening in the future is to make sure all officers know the law and that all citizens know that they can’t be bullied by untrained cops.

By: genewitch

genewitch — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:18:28 +0000

carlos “To read a selection of the comments being left on Second City Copy, click on this link. ”

“this link” isn’t a link. that’s all i meant.

By: Apopka crime scene cleanup

Apopka crime scene cleanup — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:50:19 +0000

Sounds like they all need to have a class about what the press is and is not allowed to do at a crime scene.

By: Carlos Miller

Carlos Miller — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:47:40 +0000

But there is a link in the first paragraph.

However, I just put another link further down.

By: genewitch

genewitch — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:33:28 +0000

there’s no link, sir!

Alas i have to go bring home the bacon, so i won’t be able to read it till tonight anyhow.

(the roavopd one links to that specific person, which probably wasn’t the intention…?)