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Some Cranky Guy
Uber Amazing Blog November 23rd, 2008
By Carlos Miller
Beverly Hills police are investigating reports of a suspicious man photographing children in public without their permission.
It is unclear what charges he is facing but when questioned by the father of two young children, the man simply replied that enjoyed taking photos before driving away.
Suspicious child photographers are creating headaches for police in Canada as well.
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Tags: First Amendment
Fernandez, as I mentioned in a previous post, gave me an extremely harsh sentence and criticized me for having blogged about my case.
Read the press release from the Society of Professional Journalists.© 2006–2007 Photography is Not a Crime — Sitemap — Cutline by Chris Pearson
5 responses so far ↓
1 genewitch // May 15, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Beverly Hills is such a joke. And the part about “the fathers” – yeah right, they mean the male caretakers. No one parents in beverly hills.
oh wait
I HOPE THEY CATCH THAT CREEP AND KICK HIM IN THE HEAD AND THEN TASE HIM AND LOCK HIM UP FOREVER THAT PERVERT.
2 xdamousex // May 15, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Hmmmm, doing things that other people don’t like. Sounds like disorderly conduct to me!
3 capn_amurka // May 15, 2009 at 11:32 AM
Oddly enough, I’ve been able to turn this particular protective impulse to my advantage:
A couple of kids broke glass (a bottle?) in my driveway; I grabbed a Walkman (this was years ago) and pretended to snap their pictures with it.
As I’d hoped, they returned with their father shortly thereafter wanting to know why I took their pictures. I explained the ruse and asked the father if they would clean up the glass. They all did so.
4 Rusty Carr // Apr 5, 2010 at 10:03 PM
ANY PERSON who is in a public place can be photographed by any other person, it’s constitutionally protected free speech sez the SCOTUS! If a father does not like his kids being photographed he needs to take them to another place. I cannot abridge another person’s constitutional rights just because my kids are involved.
5 Bridgett // Apr 28, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Dear Genewitch… It is not against the law in California to photograph children in public places against their will or that of their parents. I don’t agree that strangers need to be doing this and as a parent it worries me but unless the law is changed strangers can keep taking those pictures.
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