{"id":2796,"date":"2004-09-08T04:39:52","date_gmt":"2004-09-08T18:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/09\/08\/so-are-all-photographers-terrorists-now\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T08:58:48","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T16:58:48","slug":"so-are-all-photographers-terrorists-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/09\/08\/so-are-all-photographers-terrorists-now\/","title":{"rendered":"So are all photographers terrorists now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10271,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.toomuchsexy.org\\\/index\\\/weblog\\\/comments\\\/photography_is_not_a_crime&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20101129054126\\\/http:\\\/\\\/toomuchsexy.org\\\/index\\\/weblog\\\/comments\\\/photography_is_not_a_crime\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 02:43:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 02:24:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 05:01:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 05:01:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10272,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/arcterex.net\\\/blog\\\/archives\\\/2004\\\/09\\\/06\\\/dont_bother_bringing_your_camera.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20081121211452\\\/http:\\\/\\\/arcterex.net\\\/blog\\\/archives\\\/2004\\\/09\\\/06\\\/dont_bother_bringing_your_camera.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 02:43:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 02:24:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 05:01:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 05:01:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Yet another &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.toomuchsexy.org\/index\/weblog\/comments\/photography_is_not_a_crime\/\" title=\"Photography is not a crime\">photography is terrorism<\/a>&#8221; incident.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  I was declared a terrorist, today. As I was walking around campus photographing art, buildings, cars, people, I was stopped by police.<\/p>\n<p>  The policemen asked who I was, what I was doing, why I was taking photographs, where I lived, all the good stuff. When I told them I was a student taking photographs for my own personal enjoyment (a concept they couldn&#8217;t comprehend); I was told this is illegal under the USA PATRIOT act.<\/p>\n<p>  I was greatly confused by this statement. My understanding is that I am legally allowed to take photographs of public buildings. I informed them of this and they were taken aback. They then went on to tell me that NJIT is not a public institution. They told me that it is publicly funded but not a public school. This is a blatant lie. If you visit NJIT&#8217;s website you see very clearly, &#8220;A Public Research University.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Furthermore, the police refused to give me their information, even after I gave them my three pieces of ID (Rutgers, NJIT, and Driver&#8217;s License). I asked for their information and they told me they are from the precinct down the block. I didn&#8217;t want to push for their Badge Numbers as I had no paper with me. Instead I walked to the precinct and spoke with Sergeant Lincoln who told me to come back tomorrow and speak with him further on this matter.<\/p>\n<p>  Sergeant Lincoln was told it may be possible for me to get permission to take pictures on campus, until then I am a terrorist. He, too, did not give me their badge numbers.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/arcterex.net\/blog\/archives\/2004\/09\/06\/dont_bother_bringing_your_camera.html\" title=\"Don't Bother Bringing Your Camera\">Arcterex<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>[![iTunes]] &#8220;Dreaming (Evolution)&#8221; by BT from the album <em>Dreaming<\/em> (2000, 10:09).<\/p>\n<p>[iTunes]: http:\/\/images.apple.com\/itunesaffiliates\/logos\/iTunes_sm_bdg61x15.png {width=&#8221;61&#8243; height=&#8221;15&#8243;}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet another &#8216;photography is terrorism&#8217; incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050,2042],"tags":[27,14],"class_list":["post-2796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-politics","tag-photography","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}