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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 434525" data-attributes="member: 16749">I had some distant memory of coming across a concise, one-page document from an attorney regarding the rights of photographers.&nbsp; A bit of Googling, and I found it at <a href="http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf</a>.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.krages.com/" target="_blank">Bert P. Krages II</a> is apparently an attorney who specializes in issues related to photography, and has produced this handy reference for the benefit of photographers.&nbsp; I attach a copy, here.&nbsp; Based on my own reading of this document, and your account of how you were treated, it appears to me that the manner in which you were treated was, in fact, quite blatantly illegal.&nbsp; It's legitimate to stop and ask you what you're doing, but you have no obligation to respond.&nbsp; Once any effort was made to detain you, or to cause you to fear that you were under threat of legal prosecution, the line appears to have been crossed into illegal conduct on the part of the officers involved.&nbsp; You might want to consider speaking with an attorney.&nbsp; You might have sufficient basis for a lawsuit.&nbsp; I should disclaim, I suppose, that I am not an attorney, nor do I play one on TV.[ATTACH]148099[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 434525, member: 16749"] I had some distant memory of coming across a concise, one-page document from an attorney regarding the rights of photographers. A bit of Googling, and I found it at [url]http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf[/url]. [url=http://www.krages.com/]Bert P. Krages II[/url] is apparently an attorney who specializes in issues related to photography, and has produced this handy reference for the benefit of photographers. I attach a copy, here. Based on my own reading of this document, and your account of how you were treated, it appears to me that the manner in which you were treated was, in fact, quite blatantly illegal. It's legitimate to stop and ask you what you're doing, but you have no obligation to respond. Once any effort was made to detain you, or to cause you to fear that you were under threat of legal prosecution, the line appears to have been crossed into illegal conduct on the part of the officers involved. You might want to consider speaking with an attorney. You might have sufficient basis for a lawsuit. I should disclaim, I suppose, that I am not an attorney, nor do I play one on TV. [ATTACH=CONFIG]148099._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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