[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge Department of Homeland Security

[aestetix aestetix]

Absolutely agreed. Thus my statement early on: "I don't know how wise it
would be to present a NBDHS photography license to a law enforcement officer
and expect to not make him mad, but it's a very interesting legal question."

In fact, I've not advocated anything of the sort. Only creating such a
"license" under the guise of a Noisebridge DHS. As Autumn said, it's
realistically an art project and civil disobedience at the same time. I'd
hold it with the same satisfaction I'd hold an ACLU membership card (which,
btw, often does interesting things when you show it to an officer). Assuming
it doesn't say "US Department of Homeland Security" but only "Department of
Homeland Security", and instead of a DHS logo has a modified Noisebridge
logo, I really don't see what the issue is....

Is the issue here with the idea of a license itself, or the action of trying
to use it to get out of a police debacle? I'm only talking about the former.


On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Seth David Schoen <schoen at loyalty.org>wrote:

> aestetix aestetix writes:
>
> > What is the reason? You're not doing anything illegal. I would love to
> see
> > someone arrested for taking photos. That would blow up in the officer's
> face
> > very quickly.
>
> Being arrested for photography is unfortunately not unheard of.  It's
> true that it has had legal consequences for the police departments (and
> less frequently the officers) involved.
>
> I think showing a police officer this sort of document would potentially
> unnecessarily complicate any ensuing legal case.  For one thing, it
> could shift the focus of attention away from the actions of the police
> toward the actions of the photographer.
>
> --
> Seth David Schoen <schoen at loyalty.org> | Qué empresa fácil no pensar en
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