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In reply to the discussion: Carlos Miller gets roughed up again in Miami for taking pictures [View all]Earth_First
(14,910 posts)7. I don't see a "setup" here...
In the video you will see that the transit cop says that he believes that Miller has been drinking.
Miller responds "Yes, I have been that's why we're taking the Metro" (paraphrased)
So it sounds to me like Miller, a professional photographer; saw a nice shot while waiting for the Metro, and was harassed while getting a few photographs.
Where is the setup?
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RandiFan1290
Jan 2013
OP
Let me guess, MLK Jr. was an attention-whore, making a "setup" in Selma?
backscatter712
Jan 2013
#97
Carlos went there for a confrontation...He wanted this to happen deliberately...it was his mission.
FarPoint
Jan 2013
#8
Don't expect these authoritarian fuckstains to have the capacity for making sense.
backscatter712
Jan 2013
#92
What about Rosa Parks? Did you know that she planned what she did on that bus?
proud2BlibKansan
Jan 2013
#110
Again - SO WHAT? If anything, self promotion is protected by the 1st Amendment.
baldguy
Jan 2013
#26
And cops arresting people for violating non-existant laws isn't abuse or entrapment?
baldguy
Jan 2013
#28
Yes, it's so inconvenient for the authorities when someone has a video of them misbehaving
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#13
Your being assumptive. Fail. Opinion by your own logic you should be arrested for PUI.
Ellipsis
Jan 2013
#102
More accurately, the security guards had no way of knowing, and assumed the worst.
Robb
Jan 2013
#44
I'd say he's educating people about police brutality and repression effectively enough. n/t
backscatter712
Jan 2013
#95
Don't see any references to any video recording or photography for "Personal Use" there.
Ikonoklast
Jan 2013
#45
It is not legal to take pictures in the subway in NYC and many mass transit places in the US & world
stevenleser
Jan 2013
#40
Post a link to the NYC law about pictures of the subway being illegal. Because...
Logical
Jan 2013
#46
That's false, just not true. Here is a list of most US cities and their regs, NY included
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#61
Here is the link: http://gothamist.com/2005/01/07/the_history_of_taking_pictures_on_the_subway.php
stevenleser
Jan 2013
#62
Wow, that is 7 years old. Here is the real truth and the real link to the MTA rules......
Logical
Jan 2013
#113
Remember when you were afraid to photograph your own country? It was not that long
2on2u
Jan 2013
#2
I was given a "talking to" Saturday on the DC metro for taking a pic w/iPhone
justiceischeap
Jan 2013
#83
I guessed that the submit-obey-conform crowd would be all over this, and look.. (nt)
Posteritatis
Jan 2013
#100