Amtrak photo contestant arrested...for taking pictures of... Trains!

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Paul Saffo <paul () saffo com>
Date: January 3, 2009 3:35:04 PM EST
To: Paul Saffo <paul () saffo com>
Subject: Amtrak photo contestant arrested...for taking pictures of...  
Trains!

Oh, you just can't make this stuff up... an Amtrak photo contestant in  
the annual Amtrak "Picture Our Trains" contest is arrested by Amtrak  
Police for taking a picture of... you guessed it!!
-p

http://carlosmiller.com/2008/12/27/amtrak-police-arrest-photographer-participating-in-amtrak-photo-contest/

Amtrak photo contestant arrested by Amtrak police in NYC’s Penn  
StationDecember 27th, 2008

By Carlos Miller


Armed with his Canon 5D and his new Lensbaby lens, photographer Duane  
Kerzicset 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.

....

In fact, he said, the only thing they told him before handcuffing him  
was that “it was illegal to take photos of the trains.”

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