Posted on 05/09/2023 1:09:03 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
SAN DIEGO – The man whose livestream caught two Navy ships nearly colliding in the San Diego Bay has been ordered to take the cameras down.
The Navy Criminal Investigative Service says the camera’s livestream shows military activity in the area, but the camera owner says he has the right to film.
“It might be the San Diego Web Cam today, but if you don’t stand up and call foul, we don’t know what’s it going to be tomorrow,” said Barry Bahrami who runs a group called San Diego Web Cam which provides livestreams across the city.
It was Bahrami’s video that showed the near collision of two Navy ships at the San Diego Bay back in November. The incident is also commonly referred to as “Warship Chicken” which now stands at the center of a new controversy.
“Now we have government censorship simply out of spite because we showed something they didn’t like,” said Bahrami.
He said the National Park Service has removed two of his cameras at Cabrillo National Monument per the Navy’s request, citing the protection of military personnel.
“One thing that is distinguishable about this web cam company is that they were very careful not to film anything that might cause privacy issues,” explained FOX 5 Legal Analyst Wendy Patrick. “It’s also fueling the argument on why they want to know exactly why this request was made to take these cameras down,”
Running for nearly a decade, Bahrami said his cameras were removed just days after the Navy’s investigation findings were released last month.
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well the web cams have been up for 10yrs, only after it caught a close call with two navy ships does it get taken down..
"We did nothing of the kind. Something must have been wrong with the cable."
The head of the NCIS deserves the “strawberries” award for idiotic conduct.
10 years or not, it was still placed on public property, not placed on private property. Personally, unless they’re gonna let everyone of us put a camera out on public property, it should’ve been removed long ago. Has he been paying rent for the use of the public property, which he’s making money on via his website?
sorry but public property belongs to us taxpayers period
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