Detained for Public Photography, Fremont Police Department

[loveunderlaw]

Walking around the Fremont Police Headquarters in Fremont, California. Photographing and video recording the site.

[ag maniac]

So many contracting offers [officer]....so many acceptances [fotog]....who by the way has posted only this 1 vid 11 months ago ["EyeOnFremont"].

Then there's folks like "HonorYourOath", who do this constantly. What is the point in this antagonistic behavior? They're a bunch of US citizens open carrying cameras as bait in a police state -- how smart is that? ....clogging up bandwidth with terabytes of pseudo entertainment.

Best to go about your daily affairs in a normal fashion with one of these in your pocket, so that when a real encounter comes to pass, there's a record of what transpired.

You wanna burn off some useful youtube time, go visit the canuck donyboy73....might actually be sumpin' useful there !!

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[allodial]

Some of those "public photography" guys are annoying. In one instance, a guy was just standing around looking suspicious with a camera in front of the DEA office building. That just doesn't seem that bright or reasonably respectful--consider that many of those guys going in and out are under cover and wonder if you might be someone who is trying to blow their cover or put a hit out on them.

At the same time, the general paranoia in public is a bit silly.

[loveunderlaw]

Some of those "public photography" guys are annoying. In one instance, a guy was just standing around looking suspicious with a camera in front of the DEA office building. That just doesn't seem that bright or reasonably respectful--consider that many of those guys going in and out are under cover and wonder if you might be someone who is trying to blow their cover or put a hit out on them.

At the same time, the general paranoia in public is a bit silly.

Agree, both sides could've handled things better IMO.