"For the most part, the encounters were not a big deal, but I was pissed about the first one when the LAPD officer threatened to arrest me for obstruction when I was clearly not obstructing them; they initiated first contact and approached me by walking across the actual crime scene. I was also not obstructing them or the crime scene because, as I mentioned earlier, where I was standing was about 20 feet above and 25 feet back from where the guy was lying, and there wasn’t any police tape strung up."
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On a related note, News Talk Daily interviewed Miami photographer Carlos Miller about him and his site "Photography Is Not A Crime, It's A First Amendment Right ".
"News photographer Carlos Miller was photographing police investigating something in a construction zone. The police arrested him and smashed an expensive camera lens. He was acquitted of most of the charges - except resisting arrest, which he is appealing.
Miller created a blog to talk about his legal fight. But soon after he launched Carlosmiller.com - which declares Photography Is Not A Crime, It's A First Amendment Right - a funny thing happened. He began getting reports from all across the nation of other photographers who were being harassed by the police. Miller joins us now live on News Talk Online on Paltalk.com"
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