Photog Arrested For Taking Pictures
He says he complied, but then moments later, Rensberger says police officers approached asking why he was taking photos of kids.The argument got heated when police say Rensberger started taking photos of the officers, who then arrested him.Rensberger is now facing battery, resisting arrest and obstructing justice.”American’s gone nuts. We can’t take pictures anymore,” said Rensberger.He continued, “Two gentlemen walked into the store and they asked me if I took a picture of Santa and I said yes I did. And they said, my daughter, my child was on his lap, could you delete that picture? And I said, oh, sure.”"These officers approached me, one in particular, and asked me, he said, why are you taking pictures of kids? And I was shocked by that,” Rensberger said.”I snapped off a picture of the officers questioning him and at the same time he grabbed my camera, and I reached up with my left hand to catch the camera from hitting the floor and he said don’t you touch me,” he continued.
Don’t you love the way they trump up endless extra charges against people. Battery? Yeah, right.
@#5 “In these sensitive days, I should think everyone realizes you ought to get permission from the parents.” &
@#14 “It is rather disgusting the police state mentality created during the Cheney administration. ”
As you can see from #5 comment, Cheney doesn’t have anything to do with it. People need to “re-learn” that the public place is public place and you, by the law, have no presumption of privacy there. Nor does anyone, including the police have any legal rights to ban seeing/photographing whatever is in public eye. As much as Police State is part of this problem, people like overzealous parents are the equal-level abusers. In this particular case, problem have started by abusive parents bullying photographer who didn’t violate any laws, just “for the children”… (Sadly, he complied with their abusive requests and still got into the hands of Police State).
frequency is the question ie how many shots taken, at what interval and of what subject ie was he snapping santa or the kids. if he’s snapping the same kid repeatedly then he’s being a nuisance and an intervention is ok to move him away. i’m a libetarian but anyone photoing my kid a dozen times for example is going to get my free will on the jaw.
Aren’t the parents paying to have a picture of their child taken with Santa? I am thinking that the real reason that Mr. Rensberger was stopped was that he was taking the job of the lowly elf-girl. Just a thought.
And, a revolution is badly needed now. America has gone bonkers!
If the Prez can get a Nobel Peace prize for waging 2 wars, these guys probably think they should get a Christmas bonus for for a beat down.
Coming soon: preemptive raids on camera stores.
Re: riker17 #13… bingo!
Okay, I’ll make it even easier for some of you…
Peer reviewed scientific paper that destroys the hockey stick graph.
http://uoguelph.ca/~rmckitri/research/MM03.pdf
oops… wrong thread. Sorry.
It’s a trick, if you’re accused of something you obviously didn’t do, you’ll be quick to admit to what you actually did do, and then they gotcha!
so making the accusation of battery may coax him into admitting that he took pictures. Even though when did taking pictures become a crime? Why is everyone so paranoid about pedophiles kidnapping kids?
Want to know what is hilarious? Try taking a photograph inside of a camera store and see what happens.
#30. or a bridge, airport, airplane, police station, shopping mall, naval station, barracks, school, Axl Rose, etc.
#14 Yeah I hated the police state stuff under Chaney just as much as I hate the same police state stuff under Obama.
I thought he might improve things on that front but no way. I guess I should have known better.
I’m becoming ever more convinced that once your liberties are gone they stay gone.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2005-12-29-camera-laws_x.htm
Here is a cop that probably gets his food spit in, his donuts drug down ass cracks and a future candidate to get wasted because of shit like this.
I like how the news video has images of kids sitting on Santa’s lap. Uh… arrest the news crew too? FIRE ALL THOSE “OFFICERS”!
Just a few days ago some wacko mental case actually did take out his frustrations on four police officers. How many of you mighty nimrods were trash talking cops then?
#22, coolismo,
You’re a jerk. If your kid happens to get into my shot, too effen bad. If you want to have your fist meet my jaw, you better make it a damn good one. It will probably be your last one.
Should have said he was taking pictures of all the hot MILFS. Some would probably pose for him then.
What about all those security video cameras in the mall? What are the odds that some of the security staff are closet perverts? Watching your kids, your wife, your sister? Zooming the mall cameras in to get the tag number of their vehicle if they like what they see? Why don’t I hear any of you complaining about that possibility? It’s more about the fact that those in authority ( Corps and Govt.) want the ability to snoop on you as they please, but sure as fuck don’t want you, the serfs, to be able to return the favor. Can’t have that.
Yep, #32 said it all. Once your liberties are gone they stay gone. And we Americans seem to willfully give more of them up every year. Of course Obama was going to extend the Patriot Act again. Disney will succeed in extending copyright terms again too. American society will continue to suffer with fewer freedoms. American culture will suffer as fewer works of creativity enter public domain. Just one right allowed to be downgraded to a privilege is one more lost liberty. The powers that be will never stop trying to scare or force you into giving up more. I am afraid unless the populace succumbs to reason rather than fear there will be no end to this. Those who protest in silence need to speak up now ! Not just turn a cheek and seal the fate of liberty doomed.
The guy defended himself, asking if we are going to arrest everybody taking photos with their cell phones.
Not a bad start!
Seriously, I had all the picture taking with cellphones.