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Photographer sues New York City for $1 million - A man who was arrested by police and told to delete his photographs is suing New York City.
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A man from New York, who was arrested for photographing trains, has filed a lawsuit against the City of New York.Explore More
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I'm off to New York to photograph the subway. Could be a cost effective holiday!
Yes, it might seem, "greedy," but if more people don't step up and sue the city, it will just become even more unbearable for photographers. I was down there last month doing some street photography and was stopped twice in the span of an hour's time. It just isn't right. And the officers go from one person with a camera to the next. I've never seen it this bad. The city has to do something about re-training the officers.
As a railway photographer myself, I really hope he wins his case. Whilst I haven't been stopped by the police, I was stopped by an unkowledgable member of railway staff not long ago. Fortunately, I had a copy of a railway magazine where the issue was being aired with statements from Network Rail and ATOC. I showed this to the "jobsworth", because that is all they are, and politely told them them to go and check out the truth of the statements with their supervisor. They didn't return and I carried on my photography. However, the issue remains a problem and isn't unfortunately on the political radar.
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