On 2015-03-11 00:17:29 +0000, Bill W said:

On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:54:50 -0400, Tony Cooper
wrote:

http://petapixel.com/2015/03/07/la-t...s-not-a-crime/


I wish the story had a lot more detail. I'd like to know what court
this was filed in, and if there was any court decision at all, or just
an out of court settlement. The other issue is that it also sounds
like the named situations could be taken as homeland security
concerns. There is no question that cops in some places, including
where I live, have become violent with people photographing them
during police activity. That certainly needs to stop, but I don't
think anything will completely stop this sort of thing when there is a
homeland security excuse.

There is no Court judgement here and no landmark ruling applicable
elsewhere in the USA. This was settled by the L.A. County Board of
Supervisors after the case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the
Central District of California. They mae their decision to settle on a
cost assessment rather than spending to defend a lost case in Court. LA
County won this round at a very low cost.
There was never a judge or jury involved, and I doubt that any of the
parties made it into a Court room.

This only has an effect on the LASD. No other agencies, including LAPD
have to abide with any part of this settlement. I suspect that it is
going to take a real Court decision to get some meat behind the issue
of photographer's rights.

....and this is no guarantee of compliance by any LASD Deputy. Whenever
that incident occurs we might be headed back to Court.

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Regards,

Savageduck