Police harass photographers documenting elections [fs]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/content/news/epaper/2004/11/01/m1a_Henry_1101.html
Deputy tackles, arrests journalist for photographing voters
By Jane Daugherty
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Monday, November 01, 2004
A widely published investigative journalist was tackled, punched and 
arrested Sunday afternoon by a Palm Beach County sheriff's deputy who 
tried to confiscate his camera outside the elections supervisor's 
headquarters.
About 600 people were standing in line waiting to vote early when James 
S. Henry was charged with disorderly conduct for taking photos of 
waiting voters about 3:30 p.m. outside the main elections office on 
Military Trail near West Palm Beach.


and, in a different incident...

Take photo of possible police brutality, get arrested:
http://www.fosters.com/redsox/102804/ws_102804t.asp

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