Re: Idiocy in America: Amtrak Photo Contestant Arrested for Snapping Pictures of Amtrak Trains

["Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>]

The best weapon against a terrorist attack that Amtrak have is their
totally unpredictable schedule.



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> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
> On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson
> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 12:51 PM
> To: funsec
> Subject: [funsec] Idiocy in America: Amtrak Photo Contestant Arrested
> forSnapping Pictures of Amtrak Trains
>
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> Carlos Miller:
>
> [snip]
>
> Armed with his Canon 5D and his new Lensbaby lens, photographer Duane
> Kerzic set out to win Amtrak's annual photo contest this week, hoping
to
> win $1,000 in travel vouchers and have his photo published in Amtrak's
> annual calendar.
>
> He ended up getting arrested by Amtrak police; handcuffed to a wall in
a
> holding cell inside New York City's Penn Station, accused of criminal
> trespass.
>
> Kerzic says he was hardly trespassing because he was taking photos from
> the
> train platform; the same one used by thousands of commuters everyday to
> step on and off the train.
>
> "The only reason they arrested me was because I refused to delete my
> images," Kerzic said in a phone interview with Photography is Not a
> Crime
> on Friday.
>
> "They never asked me to leave, they never mentioned anything about
> trespassing until after I was handcuffed in the holding cell."
>
> In fact, he said, the only thing they told him before handcuffing him
> was
> that "it was illegal to take photos of the trains."
>
> Obviously, there is a lack of communication between Amtrak's marketing
> department, which promotes the annual contest, called Picture Our
> Trains,
> and its police department, which has a history of harassing
> photographers
> for photographing these same trains.
>
> [snip]
>
> Much more here:
> http://carlosmiller.com/2008/12/27/amtrak-police-arrest-photographer-
> partic
> ipating-in-amtrak-photo-contest/
>
> This is what Bruce Scheier calls the "War on the Unexpected":
>
> http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/11/the_war_on_the.html
>
> People in positions of authority in this country have clearly lost
their
> freekin' minds.
>
> - - ferg
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