Italy
Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy (Provincia di Genoa) near Portofino
Santa Margherita Ligure – Wikipedia
Carabinieri Interrogating an Arab During First Week of Newly Instituted Search Laws in Italy.
Seconds after I took this shot, a Carabinieri in the passenger seat came out and asked us to pull over. He demanded to see the picture I took and then insisted I delete it or he would confiscate my camera. With hands shaking, I attempted to delete it, but couldn’t. Finally, he asked to look at it again and said that it didn’t show faces. He then explained that this [Italy] wasn’t America and I couldn’t take pictures of anything I wanted – especially the police, unless I asked permission. Little did he know that the rights of picture-taking in the US have also become eroded.