[privacy] University of Washington Professor Detained for Taking Pictures Sues

[Dude VanWinkle]

On Nov 16, 2007 1:27 AM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawg at netzero.net> wrote:
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> Via The Seattle P-I.
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> Artist Shirley Scheier drove to Snohomish to make the kind of picture you
> couldn't get in a city -- power lines against an unobstructed sky.
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> She wound up being patted down, handcuffed and put in the back of a police
> car on that day two years ago, in a detention that lasted 44 minutes.
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> The electrical substation she photographed had been identified by the
> Department of Homeland Security as a "critical infrastructure" target.
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> The longtime UW professor sued the city of Snohomish on Thursday, in what
> her lawyers say is an example of harassment toward photographers resulting
> from misplaced fears about terrorism.
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> [snip]
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> More:
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/339897_photos16.html
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> Note:
> I'm really keeping my fingers crossed in hopes that Professor Scheier wins
> her case, and sends a message that this nonsense needs to stop -- it's
> gotten way out of hand:
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> http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/11/the_war_on_the.html
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I am with you Paul. Its time to let cowards be scared and let the rest
of us get on with more important things..

-JP