Photography is Not a CrimeIt's a First Amendment RightThank you, Mary Tiler More- September 22, 2008 By Carlos Miller Her name is Mary Tiler More and she rarely leaves Ft. Lauderdale. At least when she&8217;s leaving her artistically painted tiles in random locations throughout Broward so they could be found by random artistically appreciative people. But last week she grabbed her passport and ventured south into Miami-Dade County to spread her artistic generosity. ...http://carlosmiller.com/2008/09/22/thank-you-mary-tiler-more/ Royal Canadian cop shoves videographer from car accident scene- September 21, 2008 This occurred over the weekend in Canada, which has similar photographers&8217; rights law than the U.S. According to the Youtube description: At 0200 on Saturday September 20th 2008 an RCMP Officer assaulted this Stringer. Watch in the video as the Female officer who refused to identify herself tries to take the stringers camera right out of ...http://carlosmiller.com/2008/09/21/royal-canadian-cop-shoves-videographer-from-car-acciden... St. Paul drops all charges against journalists arrested at RNC- September 19, 2008 By Carlos Miller Now that St. Paul has agreed to drop all charges against the multitude of journalists arrested at the Republican National Convention, the journalists should band together and file a class action lawsuit against the city. After all, how else are police going to be dissauded from arresting journalists in the future St. Paul prepared itself ...http://carlosmiller.com/2008/09/19/st-paul-drops-all-charges-against-journalists-arrested-... Portland cops ignore laws and policy while shattering Constitution- September 18, 2008 By Carlos Miller The reason police departments use designated officers to deal with the media is that these officers are usually the ones less likely to stick their foot in their mouth. But that is not the case with the Portland police spokesman Sgt. Brian Schmautz, who is not only clueless about Constitutional law, he is clueless ...http://carlosmiller.com/2008/09/18/portland-cops-rewrite-laws-and-policy-while-shattering-... Its Constitution Day; lets educate our youth about the First Amendment- September 17, 2008 By Carlos Miller On September 17, 1787, exactly 221 years before this date, our Founding Fathers gathered at the Philadelphia Convention and signed their names on a freshly drafted U.S. Constitution, which was the first step in forming a more perfect union. They had just spent several hectic months drafting the Constitution with delegates from large states ...http://carlosmiller.com/2008/09/17/its-constitution-day-lets-try-to-educate-our-youth-abou... Excellent news segment on a passive protester who was brutally arrested- September 16, 2008 Republican National Convention coverage By Carlos Miller Trish Van Pilsum from Fox&8217;s Minneapolis station does an excellent piece of journalistic work in this segment of a passive protester named Leah Lane who was pepper-sprayed repeatedly, then shoved with bikes before she was handcuffed. At one point in the segment, as the cameraman if filming the arrest, police shoot ...http://carlosmiller.com/2008/09/16/excellent-news-segment-on-a-passive-protester-who-was-a... Lawsuits expected to fly in wake of Repubican National Convention- September 16, 2008 Republican National Convention coverage Photo by Nick Brooks By Carlos Miller Now that the multitude of journalists and photographers who were arrested during the Republican National Convention have been released, they are beginning to tell their stories on the Internet. And it doesn&8217;t take a lawyer to see they have more than enough basis for a multimillion dollar lawsuit. ...http://carlosmiller.com/2008/09/16/lawsuits-expected-to-fly-in-wake-of-repubican-national-... Albuquerque police officer who arrested TV cameraman has been fired- September 14, 2008 uhttp://carlosmiller.com/2008/09/13/albuquerque-police-fire-cop-who-arrested-cameraman/ So when does Peaceful Assembly become Unlawful Assembly- September 11, 2008 Republican National Convention coverage Photo by Olivier Douliery, Abaca Press By Carlos Miller As John McCain touted the virtues of freedom during his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention last week, hundreds of citizens, including a significant number of journalists, were getting arrested for the crime of &8220;unlawful assembly.&8221; They were rounded up like cattle by indistinguishable police ...http://carlosmiller.com/2008/09/11/so-when-does-peaceful-assembly-become-unlawful-assembly... Journalists recount police abuse during Republican National Convention- September 9, 2008 Republican National Convention coverage Photo by Danny Ghitis By Carlos Miller More than 800 people were arrested outside the Republican National Convention last week, including dozens of photojournalists and videographers. And although police released most of the photojournalists last week, they refused to return their cameras until this week. However, John P. Wise, a MyFox national editor who had his ...http://carlosmiller.com/2008/09/09/journalists-recount-police-abuse-during-republican-conv... |