NYCLU Sues NYPD For Harassing And Detaining Photographers From the website: "Photography is fully protected by the First Amendment, and police investigations into photographers must be sensitive to that," NYCLU Associate Legal Director Christopher Dunn said. "While investigations may be appropriate in certain cases, people cannot be arrested for taking pictures, and police officers cannot coerce them into destroying images. The NYPD should assure it has reasonable policies and that officers are properly trained to handle these special investigations." Also NYCLU Sues NYPD For Harassing, Detaining Photographers From the website: "These arrests for 'taking pictures' usually come in the course of police officers doing their job, arresting someone else, and they don't want to be photographed arresting someone, so they charge the photographer with obstructing justice, or disorderly conduct, or they throw them to the ground and then charge them with resisting arrest. A Reuters photographer who was photographing police was charged with 'obstructing traffic.' It's getting ridiculous." More about photographer's rights
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