You have a right to remain recording
Carlos Miller’s crusade for freedom of photography
via Columbia Journalism Review: http://www.cjr.org/the_news_frontier/you_have_a_right_to_remain_rec.php?page=all
Carlos Miller’s crusade for freedom of photography
via Columbia Journalism Review: http://www.cjr.org/the_news_frontier/you_have_a_right_to_remain_rec.php?page=all
Photographer Carlos Miller, owner of the Photography Is Not a Crime blog, has learned that the Miami-Dade Police Department is watching him like, well, police states watch dissidents, just looking for reasons to arrest him. Miller, who has been a tireless
via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.com/2012/05/police-intimidation-watch-miami-dade-police-monitoring-activist-photographer.html
It’s finally over … or is it? In an unfortunate turn of events, it looks like Carlos Miller, the Miami photographer and journalist who was arrested last year while photographing police, has been sentenced to one year probation, 100 hours of community service, anger management class and a $540.50 court cost payment.
Interestingly enough, a jury found Miller not guilty of both disobeying a police officer and disorderly conduct. They did find him guilty, however, of resisting arrest without violence.
Check it out here.