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My new mission in life combines my two passions, activism and photography (but I need your help)

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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May-02-07 02:19 PM
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My new mission in life combines my two passions, activism and photography (but I need your help)
As many of you know, I was arrested in February after photographing Miami police against their wishes. My trial begins May 7th, so I decided to start a blog to document developments in the case as well as to maintain a central location for all information regarding the case.

But I also want to document any other instances of photographers' rights getting abused in this country, which we all know happens way too frequently. I would like this blog to become a central resource for photographers' rights.

So please keep me in mind if anything comes up.

Meanwhile, you can read about my latest incident involving a Wackenhut security guard who informed me yesterday that I was not allowed to take photographs from a public transportation station.

http://carlosmiller.wordpress.com/
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   Kicked!  Rainbowreflect   May-02-07 05:00 PM   #1 
   Wtf? What was that about?  sfexpat2000   May-02-07 05:02 PM   #2 
   I regret I have only 1 rec. to give!  JNelson6563   May-02-07 05:04 PM   #3 
   Thanks, Julie  RagingInMiami   May-02-07 06:29 PM   #4 
   Kick  JNelson6563   May-02-07 08:05 PM   #5 
   Ask Dan Rather  Poiuyt   May-02-07 08:56 PM   #6 
   Kick n/t  bonito   May-02-07 09:04 PM   #7 
   That's absolutely WONDERFUL.  Morgana LaFey   May-02-07 09:11 PM   #8 
   Oh oh. One thing, an important one, re your blog  Morgana LaFey   May-02-07 09:13 PM   #9 
      They are contracted by Miami-Dade County  RagingInMiami   May-02-07 09:58 PM   #11 
         Well, THAT's pathetic, but okay -- you might make that point  Morgana LaFey   May-02-07 10:40 PM   #14 
   In Melbourne last July  canetoad   May-02-07 09:30 PM   #10 
   All I know is that you are PLATINUM, brother!!1 I can't help more. n/t  UTUSN   May-02-07 10:11 PM   #12 
   Give 'em hell!  Digital   May-02-07 10:22 PM   #13 
   Hello again.  Artiechoke   May-02-07 10:51 PM   #15 
      The power of the Internet  RagingInMiami   May-03-07 06:31 PM   #16 
 
Rainbowreflect (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May-02-07 05:00 PM
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1. Kicked!
:kick:
Keep up the good work.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May-02-07 05:02 PM
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2. Wtf? What was that about?
I'll be happy to research/keep track, whatever is needed.

K&R
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JNelson6563 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May-02-07 05:04 PM
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3. I regret I have only 1 rec. to give!
We may have to start up a RagingInMiami Defense Fund! :toast:

Julie
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May-02-07 06:29 PM
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4. Thanks, Julie
The Society of Professional Journalists is hosting a fund raiser for me on May 12th. I will blog it this week.

http://spj.org/blog/blogs/ldf/archive/2007/05/02/7043.a...
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JNelson6563 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May-02-07 08:05 PM
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5. Kick
:kick:
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed May-02-07 08:56 PM
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6. Ask Dan Rather
He got beat up on live TV during the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.

As Mayor Daley said, "The policeman isn't there to create disorder, the policeman is there to preserve disorder."
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bonito (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May-02-07 09:04 PM
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7. Kick n/t
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May-02-07 09:11 PM
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8. That's absolutely WONDERFUL.
Now -- how do the journalists killed in Iraq fit (or do they)? Some of them were photographers too, I'm sure. Here are my links on the war on journalists:

Reuters: "We have first-hand experience of US soldiers shooting our staff"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Link: http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/article/021006/macdonald_...

An AP photographer who shared a Pulitzer Prize in 2005 now sits in a U.S. Army jail in Baghdad
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Link: http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/21331

U.S. Holds AP Photographer in Iraq 5 Mo - without charges
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Link: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=245496...
and: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&ie=UTF-8&ncl=htt...

13:33 4/16/2007
delete the photographs or we will delete you
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Link: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_di...

Witnesses: Israel strikes Reuters car
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060826/ap_on_re_mi_ea/gaza...

"I Was a Propaganda Intern in Iraq"
(for Lincoln Group)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Link: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/21/134...

CNN Breaking: Two Fox News Employees Abducted in Gaza
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060814/ts_nm/mideast_gaza_...

Journalists Who Lie, Journalists Who Die
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Link: http://foi.missouri.edu/mediacredibility/jwholie.html
(and several other links)

(Iaqi) Reporters attacked by US troops...
In at least six separate incidents since June, Iraqi reporters said they had been physically beaten, had their equipment confiscated and been falsely accused of "terrorism".
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
Link: http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%...
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May-02-07 09:13 PM
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9. Oh oh. One thing, an important one, re your blog
Unless Wackenhut was working FOR the government, they didn't violate your First Amendment rights.

Please read the First Amendment for yourself: it guarantees only that the GOVERNMENT will not censor you, that's all. They may have been in the wrong, but it wasn't a 1st Amendment issue -- unless, as I said, they were under contract to one or another government entity.
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May-02-07 09:58 PM
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11. They are contracted by Miami-Dade County
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May-02-07 10:40 PM
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14. Well, THAT's pathetic, but okay -- you might make that point
Edited on Wed May-02-07 10:40 PM by Morgana LaFey
in your blog somewhere, unless you did and I missed it while skimming.

GOod luck with your really terrific new activism!

Edit: pathetic because I'm against privatization of such.
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canetoad Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Wed May-02-07 09:30 PM
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10. In Melbourne last July
the management of a casino/restaurant/tourist precinct called Southbank, which is literally over-run with visitors to Melbourne, put up signs prohibiting any photography. There was an enormous hoo-haa, they were told by practically everyone where to stick their signs and they were removed. Interestingly, they say that although the signs are gone, the policy remains in place. Stops terrarists ya know.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/07/29/1153816426...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/terrorists-with-t...

Plenty more links on Google if you're interested. I'm sure there are parallels with your country.
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May-02-07 10:11 PM
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12. All I know is that you are PLATINUM, brother!!1 I can't help more. n/t
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Digital (47 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May-02-07 10:22 PM
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13. Give 'em hell!
Don't let the bastards get away with suppressing your free speech! Don't be disenfranchised by those REPUKEs.
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Cetacea (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Wed May-02-07 10:51 PM
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15. Hello again.
I apologize for having not gotten back to you but you had already accomplished what I was going to try to do..

I once had two NY Cops search my car entirely while on assignment and having Police/County Press credentials.
I still have panic attacks when driving thanks to that incident.

I was young and intimidated. You have a good case and already have contacted the right people and you have the internet. Good luck !
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu May-03-07 06:31 PM
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16. The power of the Internet
Is our only saving grace in this day and age of media conglomeration.
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