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Are Cameras the New Guns?
GIZMODO - In response to a flood of Facebook and YouTube videos that depict police abuse, a new trend in law enforcement is gaining popularity. In at least three states, it is now illegal to record any on-duty police officer. Even if the encounter involves you and may be necessary to your defense, and even if the recording is on a public street where no expectation of privacy exists. For full story: http://gizmodo.com/5553765/are-cameras-the-new-guns
Videotaped confrontation between LAPD officer, photographer prompts probe
June 3, 2010 - Los Angeles police have opened an investigation into a confrontation between a photographer and a Hollywood Division officer after video of the incident was posted this week on YouTube, sources familiar with the case said. The footage was taken Feb. 21 and posted Tuesday (6/1) on YouTube. --Los Angeles Times. For full story: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/06/lapd-opens-investigation-i...
BP Oil and government officials blocking Media Access
NEWSWEEK - As BP makes its latest attempt to plug its gushing oil well, news photographers are complaining that their efforts to document the slow-motion disaster in the Gulf of Mexico are being thwarted by local and federal officials—working with BP—who are blocking access to the sites where the effects of the spill are most visible. Full story at: www.newsweek.com/2010/05/26/the-missing-oil-spill-photos.html
