I know and have dealt with LAPD when carrying a camera in downtown LA. Most officers won't care, but when you start taking pictures of them, especially large numbers of them, they tend to overreact. I was in LA during the Occupy encampment at city hall. The first weeks the cops were friendly, later they didn't want to be spoken too or be photographed. This directive is being watched closely by the ACLU because other local police agencies tended to abuse the enforcement powers and had to have court orders invoked to stop abuse and harassment. The inclusion of credentials in the order tends to be one tool to prevent pictures or filming when the police want to keep cameras away. It happened in New York, it can happen here. I just don't trust the police to do the right thing, not in Los Angeles.
by all means, vigilance is in order. what has been really powerful is that almost everyone carries a camera around with them now, in their cell phone, and images can be transmitted instantly to the web.
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i, you know, read the policy:
Date: 2012-11-02 01:15 am (UTC)Re: i, you know, read the policy:
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