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By Mark Riffey on 06-30-10
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Its important to note that many of the more serious / aggressive moves against public photography have not happened in China, Iran or Afghanistan - but in NYC, Maryland, Dearborn MI and south Louisiana.

In Maryland, photographers who take photos of active duty police, fire (etc) are being prosecuted with “wiretapping” laws.

In south Louisiana, police have confronted, followed and detained photographers and videographers for standing on public property and shooting images/video. In several of those cases, “BP doesnt want this…” has been stated by the police.

In Dearborn, videographers were removed from a public location and had their camera grabbed by police. They were told they could not film in a public place.

In NYC, these kinds of things have been going on since 9/11.

All the other instances above occurred in 2009 or 2010 or both.

Check out the links Lido provided. Youll be surprised what you find.