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Originally Posted by CptSternn
I read this today. Looks like photography in America is outlawed everywhere. Unless your the government who wants to put CCTV and spy drones everywhere - thats fine. Just don't take your kids to a National landmark and take a photo and now, don't get caught filming football or cheerleaders...
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/820599.html
Bee writer pleads not guilty in porn case
WOODLAND – Gilbert Chan, a business reporter at The Bee, pleaded not guilty Friday to a felony charge of possession of child pornography.
Chan, 52, of Davis was arrested after trying to conceal a camera he was using to videotape a youth cheerleading competition at UC Davis on Feb. 3, police said.
Yolo County prosecutors filed a complaint alleging a single felony count of possessing obscene matter depicting sexual conduct of a person under 18.
Chan's lawyer, Steven Sabbadini, questioned the charge. "What he did was film fully clothed cheerleaders during a public performance," he said. "The question is whether that fits the definition of child pornography."
The charge carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison. It also can be reduced to a misdemeanor.
Chan, who was not on duty at the time of the incident, is on administrative leave from The Bee.
Thats right - filming cheerleaders is now considered filming child pornography. |
Actually, he was arrested later on, after police had viewed the video. Which implies that either there was child porn on that tape, or he was trying to get some up-skirt shots.