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The Good

"Carlos Miller and his blog Photography Is Not A Crime has to be the best blog I have come across to date that documents the ongoing battle that photographers and videographers are facing in increasing numbers." Hodson Report

"Anyone who promises to 'mock, madden and maybe even muckrake' has my attention - especially when he's fighting for my right to plant my sticks wherever the Constitution says I can." Lenslinger

"With a seemingly increasing number of stories of police harassing and arresting photographers making headlines, one man has made it his job to watch the police." B-roll

"This is not a partisan issue. It's a police abuse-of-power issue, and 'security' is no excuse for this sort of totally unacceptable and unconstitutional behavior by officers of the law. Carlos Miller is a great source of information about these unfolding stories." Brendan Loy

Carlos Miller runs "one of Miami's best blogs." Miami New Times

I have a bunch of RSS feeds on my smartphone, and I tell ya, this is one i read constantly. Great info, and it is unbelievable what is going on right here in the USA.... Virginia Beach Photo Club

“Photography is not a Crime” is informative, well written and takes no prisoners. The Photojournalist

"If you read enough of his site, you start to understand that Miller has a bit of an ability to instigate. I don't blame him for this. I think that in order for society to progress, authority must continually be challenged. [Post] Modern College Life

The Bad

"This Carlos Miller character is just a jerk, no redeeming social or personal value." Conservative Cave

"You're a good writer, Carlos, but until you're able to recognize and acknowledge your biases, your quests for justice will be seen by most as little more than sour grapes by a man with a chip on his shoulder." South Florida Daily Blog

The Ugly

"You are a cockroach and boil on the ass of journalism in Miami and the sooner that responsible journalists in Miami disown you and repudiate your actions the better." "Hank"

"Your arrogant, crass, thug-like behavior crops up at every turn. One only need to read your blog to see that. You can’t seem to cover anything without getting into a potentially violent confrontation." "Hank"

December 26th, 2009 Tags: South Florida blogosphere

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The Real Edwin has it all under control even if it does look like his hair is on fire

By Carlos Miller
In an attempt to maximize this site for the readers, we’ve been undergoing certain construction projects that may cause confusion or problems.

But those problems should only be temporary. And in the end, this site should be much more efficient and informative.

I’ve hired friend, technogeek and fellow Miami blogger, The Real Edwin, to handle all the back-end improvements. When he’s not pounding drinks with me at Fox’s, he gets into the job.

But sometimes it’s a matter of trial and error to see what works best, so please have a little patience as we improve this site.

And feel free to comment on any of the features as well as suggest new features that might be good for this site.

Also, we’ve installed a new feed so those of you who read this site through their feed may have to switch to the new one.

Popularity: 4% [?]

I am a Miami multimedia journalist who has been arrested twice for photographing police against their wishes. I spent thousands in beating my first case. Now I am preparing to fight my second case. Meanwhile, this blog which was originally meant to document my first case has turned into a national site that documents these ongoing incidents throughout the country. Please help the fight by donating to my Legal Defense Fund in the top left-hand corner, which not only helps pay off the huge debt I've accrued in this battle, but also help maintain this site. You can also follow me on Facebook, Twitter and on my RSS feed.

uberVU - social comments // Dec 26, 2009 at 9:31 AM

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This post was mentioned on Twitter by photographyhelp: Some changes are underway: The Real Edwin has it all under control even if it does look like his hair is on.. http://bit.ly/5eX1OH...

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William // Dec 26, 2009 at 8:12 PM

Safari 4.0.4 on OS X 10.6.2.

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/8069/screensho...

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- TheRealEdwin // Dec 26, 2009 at 10:07 PM
  
  I see it and I am working on it now. Thank you for reporting the issue.
  My recent post Welcome!
  
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Frank Palmer // Dec 26, 2009 at 9:36 PM

I am getting that also with Chrome Browser on Vista. The left column starts out in the right place and then jumps half way into the middle column. Keep up the good work and look into this column issue.

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- TheRealEdwin // Dec 26, 2009 at 10:29 PM
  
  Are you running Vista x64 or x32? I'm on Windows 7 x64 and don't have that issue with Chrome. Also what version of Chrome?
  
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  - Frank Palmer // Dec 27, 2009 at 3:49 AM
    
    I am running x64 and chrome version 3.0.195.33. I see it is working correctly now.
    
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KBCraig // Dec 27, 2009 at 12:13 AM

Working fine on NetNewsWire on MacOS 10.6.

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- TheRealEdwin // Dec 27, 2009 at 12:31 AM
  
  I was able to correct the issue for now. Thank you for your submission!
  My recent post Welcome!
  
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William // Dec 27, 2009 at 3:22 AM

There is also a problem on Safari 4.0.4 on OS X 10.6.2 on with individual article pages. The page starts loading, then the page goes blank. I have to interrupt page loading to see the page. I'm posting this with a different browser. There is a Javascript error in Safari:

SyntaxError: Parse error
http://www.linksalpha.com/a/tweets?link= href=”http://carlosmiller.com/2009/12/26/some-changes-are-underway/#idc-container&callback=id_retweeters_plugin.insert_tweets:1″ target=”_blank”>http://carlosmiller.com/2009/12/26/some-changes-a...

TypeError: Result of expression 'FB.HiddenContainer.get()' [null] is not an object.
static.ak.facebook.com/connect.php/en_US/js/Api/CanvasUtil/Connect/XFBML:46

some-changes-are-underway:760
TypeError: Result of expression 'document.getElementById('idc-loading-comments')' [null] is not an object.

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- William // Dec 31, 2009 at 7:03 PM
  
  The site is still unusable in Safari. Again, individual article pages start to load and then go blank because of the javascript errors described above. Please fix this!
  
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Tony Annese // Dec 27, 2009 at 3:32 AM

The new site looks really good! I like the twitter followme along the right of the page. Love the widget to repost to all those different sites. I like the way it sits there barely visible until you scroll over it. The WP Greet Box rss thing is a little big and obtrusive at the top of the story though.

I also like the Facebook Connect to post comments. I tried to use my Gmail/OpenId but apparently G-mail doesn't implement OpenID in the way that your site looks for it to be used…

Oops I take that back… as I tried to do the Facebook Connect it came up with an error… http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/6977/miller.jp...

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Dallascaper // Dec 27, 2009 at 4:10 AM

I like how the site looks on my iPhone.

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anon // Dec 27, 2009 at 2:14 PM

Move the "Comments (…)" link below the text, it would help the usability. Currently i read an entry and when i want to see the comments i have to scroll back. Maybe swap the position with that popularity-contest-thing.

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anon // Dec 27, 2009 at 2:21 PM

And that wp-login-bar seems to be a useless waste of space. And i find that wp_followme.swf a bit annoying…

everything else looks fine, no display errors with iceweasel 3.5.5 (a slightly modified firefox) under linux.

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anon // Dec 27, 2009 at 2:24 PM

wow, you are fast

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Murdoch // Jan 4, 2010 at 4:50 PM

See that blurry squiggle at the center-bottom of the Bart and Homer image? If you blow it up and enhance it, it says, "By order of the Queen, don't rip off this crappy-ass image and slap it all over your blog."

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My name is Carlos Miller and I am a multimedia journalist who was arrested by Miami police after taking photos of them against their wishes, a clear violation of my First Amendment rights.
Since that arrest on Feb. 20th, 2007, I've fought a lengthy battle against the State of Florida to prove my innocence. After going to trial in June 2008, I was acquitted of all charges except resisting arrest without violence. I appealed that conviction pro se, meaning I represented myself, and I won a reversal.
However, I am now fighting another arrest for photographing cops against their wishes. On Memorial Day Weekend 2008, I was arrested on Miami Beach on a single charge of resisting arrest without violence after I photographed a couple of cops against their wishes.
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So if you are ever offended by something I write, whether you are a conservative, liberal, Catholic, Jew, atheist, American, foreigner, black, white, southerner, yankee, homosexual, straight or whatever, chances are, I am just being sarcastic.

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