I disagree. I recently had a chance to flip through the photos of a local freelance news photographer who was active in the late 40s and early 50s in our city.
I saw amazing photos that documented those decades. And i was struck by a thought. Almost all of them would be difficult to impossible to take today. It was astounding how close he was to many of the incidents. Arrests, accidents, and incidents of every description. There was one of a cop laying in the street being given first aid after he wrecked a motorcycle. Ever think those guys photographed in soup lines during the great depression were particularly happy at that moment?
The value of some photos often won’t be appreciated for decades. They don’t all have to be published widely of course, but taking them is fine.
And two final thoughts. If Oswald was shot today, there would not be a single photo of it. We would get a press release and be left to wonder. Photo restriction are for the old USSR, not America.
Last, a victim of an accident can use often those photos to help prove who was there, what happened, what the road signs did or didn’t say at the time, etc. This can be extremely iseful later when dealing with insurance companies and city agencies who say “prove it”.
Cameras good,,, people who supress photography, bad.
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Very insightful, and I agree.
I think it is a natural evolution for the guv that fears your guns would also grow to fear cameras.
Perhaps even more.
What is mightier than the sword? A pen. What is mightier than a pen? A camera.
We’ll be seeing much, much more of this.