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
Adam Kokesh, an Iraq War veteran turned antiwar activist, was handcuffed by undercover FBI agents after trying to photograph police making a traffic stop.
The incident occurred Tuesday when Kokesh and a friend were walking down the street and encountered an agitated police officer ordering another car to stop.
Kokesh pulled out his cell phone […]

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By Carlos Milller
Hopefully, this is the first of more to come.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) is holding true to her promise by scheduling the first hearing over the flap regarding photographers and Union Station security guards and management.
According to LightboxDC, the meeting will be scheduled as follows:
 The hearing is set for next Tuesday, July 22, […]

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By Carlos Miller
Horrified by the 9/11 attacks, Joseph Dwyer enlisted in the army two days later.
The New York native was one of thousands of Americans who enlisted during those traumatic days. One of thousands who would end up getting shipped to Iraq despite the fact that the 9/11 mastermind, Osama bin Laden, was said to […]

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By Carlos Miller
As police in the United Kingdom are continually being allowed to restrict public photography, more and more activists are making a stand. Last week, we saw this video from London.
Today, I present you with the following video from England, in which more photo activists are taking a direct stand against authorities who try […]

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By Carlos Miller
If you think it’s getting bad for photographers in the United States, just be bloody glad our forefathers broke allegiance from the King of England centuries ago.
After all, United Kingdom Home Secretary Jacqui Smith recently declared that local Chief Constables (police chiefs) have the right to restrict or set their own standards for […]

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A must-watch video, even if all you do is watch the first minute of it.
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Update: Read my article on this subject in the Miami New Times.
By Carlos Miller
Momoko Sudo, the Japanese artist who watched helplessly as a Coral Gables police officer deleted the photo she took of him as well as the other photos she had taken that day, was able to retrieve the photo using recovery software.
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By Carlos Miller
Fortunately, my Canon TX1 is still under warranty. And fortunately, I put my two Canon 5Ds under plastic wrap as soon as the downpour came because they are not under warranty.
And fortunately, I was able to put together a five-minute video of last Friday’s protest at the  U.S. Conference of Mayor’s in downtown […]

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By Carlos Miller
There are conservatives and there are neocons. There are republicans and there are repugs.
My dad was a fiscally conservative republican who was socially liberal. He was a Goldwater republican. Before he passed away in 2003, he told me that Bush had stolen the election and was sending our country to hell by starting […]

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