Photography is not a crime

By Carlos Miller
Just over a mile from where the U.S. Constitution is permanently displayed in Washington DC, photographers have been routinely harassed and threatened with arrest for daring to snap a photo inside one of the most historical and picturesque train stations in the United States.
The situation got so bad that even a TV […]

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By Carlos Miller
In a clear violation of his First Amendment rights, Tennessee deputy Starling McCloud arrested Scott Conover last week for photographing him with an IPhone during a traffic stop on a public road.
McCloud went as far as using two sets of handcuffs to arrest Conover, according to a witness statement from another police officer.
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By Carlos Miller
The most humiliating part of my arrest was not necessarily the way the five Miami police officers slammed me down on the hard sidewalk and bashed my forehead against the concrete. Nor was it the way they tightened the handcuffs on me until they cut off the circulation in my wrists. Nor was […]

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By Carlos Miller
This is a bit belated but it’s been a busy week and I was hoping to incorporate this information in a longer post about what I’ve accomplished on this blog so far, but I’ve really haven’t accomplished anything yet except maybe stir the pot a little and hopefully raise a little awareness, so […]

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By Carlos Miller
Albuquerque police officer Daniel Guzman “overstepped his boundaries” when arresting KOB videographer Rick Foley in May, stated KOB-TV in paraphrasing the judge.
Therefore, Judge Benjamin Chavez had no choice but to drop all charges against Foley.
Foley, a veteran videographer, was charged with disobeying a police officer after an arrest that was caught on video […]

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By Carlos Miller
A photojournalist who was arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer is no longer facing criminal charges.
Tony Overman, an Olympian photojournalist who just stepped down as president of the National Press Photographer’s Association, was arrested earlier this month as he was photographing a house fire.
Lacey Police Detective David Miller claimed that Overman […]

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By Carlos Miller
National leaders of the largest journalism organization in the United States have expressed their disappointment in Miami-Dade County Court Judge Jose L. Fernandez for violating my First Amendment rights.

Fernandez, as I mentioned in a previous post, gave me an extremely harsh sentence and criticized me for having blogged about my case.
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Update: The Society of Professional Journalists is protesting Judge Jose L. Fernandez’s harsh sentence against me.
By Carlos Miller
How can one resist an unlawful arrest?
That is the question I asked the judge when I was informed of the jury’s verdict, which came in at 11:45 p.m. , after almost two-and-a-half hours of deliberations:

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By Carlos Miller
You know the prosecutor is desperate when he asks the judge to order me to stop blogging about my case.
Judge Jose Fernandez did not even want to hear it, overruling him in seconds.
The prosecutor, Ignacio Vazquez, told the judge that by me proclaiming my innocence on a public forum, I am in danger […]

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By Carlos Miller
Five weeks after my trial was delayed because prosecutors were unprepared to proceed in front of a news camera, my trial is set to begin again.
This time, the trial is scheduled for 9:45 a.m. on Monday, June 16th, in Courtroom 2-11 in the Justice Building, 1351 N.W. 12th St.
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