Photographer Jerome Vorus writes on his blog that he was recently “detained for photography†by D.C. police after taking pictures of a traffic stop from a distance “far enough not to impede in any police investigation.†An officer asked him “for ‘security reasons’†why he was taking pictures and then asked him to produce identification. When Vorus asked if he was being detained, the officer, “after dancing around the question,†said he was free to go. But as that officer left, another approached, told Vorus he was being detained, and told him to put his camera away, according to the photog.
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