Atlantic Yards Camera Club gathering in Bear Garden before action.
The approaching storm.
Katherine McInnis, photographer/teacher who was harrassed by MTA police for using her camera near the Atlantic Yards footprint, joined the fray on Sunday in support of our First Amendment rights. Read more about it in detail at Brit in Brooklyn Blog. Amazing how we live in a country where owning a gun is considered an inalienable right, but documenting our time with a camera is considered subversive. Adrian caught me in his pic here. Here are some more pics from the “action” plus some of my distractions.
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[…] – Atlantic Yards Camera Club Day 12 02 2008 Between the Blogade Luncheon at Faan and the Atlantic Yards Camera Club action, Xris from Flatbush Gardener and I got to the Bear Garden early and took the opportunity to take […]
Were your feelings hurt? Well too bad. I am sure it was all done for your safety. Did you forget about 9/11. Grow up and knock off the nonsense! I have been told that the MTA Police Dept. is one of the best in the entire state. Enough already with this!
“We we’re just following orders.” – Nuremberg Trials
“No. This could never happen here in Germany.” – anonymous victim of the Holocaust
When an MTA officer unlawfully suggests that you hand over your camera when you are in your lawful rights to photograph a public space from the sidewalk, then your rights are being violated. Since 9/11, there have been an inordinate amount of civil liberty violations. Even before the World Trade debacle (which could have been avoided if the Government was doing their job) NYC police officers and MTA officers overstep their boundaries. Feelings hurt. Hell no. Need for vigilant solidarity. You betcha!