Photography is Terrorism, my friend

[Raptor]

Kind of off topic Sternn. He isn't being labelled as a terrorist and they aren't asking other people to turn him in.

[CptSternn]

He's still being arrested and prosecuted by a government for doing the same thing that they are doing and claim is legal.

It's still making cameras illegal for the common man, while promoting the governments unrestricted use of them everywhere.

[Beneath the Shadows]

There's something about that that we're not being told. If you go to a cheerleading events, you'll see plenty of people taking photographs and videos. So, a) why did this guy get arrested, and b) why was he concealing his camera?

[Tumor]

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.

[CptSternn]

Originally Posted by Tumor

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.

Your guessing. Since it doesn't say that, you can say its implied.