Good to see our federal bozos are on the case...
“Comrade citizen, your behavior is potentially concerning to The State-—after all, We are the only ones authorized to take pictures of you and others at every traffic light, mall, public place and school without your permission. Your ‘freedom-loving’ behavior is suspicious, and will be noted.
All hail President Messiah, comrade!-—and we’re watching you.”
I grew up in San Francisco and although there are quite a few RR tracks close to the bay along the eastern side of the peninsula, north of Hunter's Point,(huge Naval Shipyard) we city kids never got anywhere near that area. Usually. A couple of us decided one day to take our cameras (brownies.) and took our bikes over there to get pictures of locomotives going by. It was a different age then (for me, that was across town.) Three speed bikes.
After an hour of wandering through the RR yards, there were no fences that I can recall, and actually getting pics of a few locomotives, here comes a jeep with two armed MPs...
We must have been all of 12 at the time.
Yeah. Our Federal Bozos have been on the case a long time. I doubt, however, if we ever got a report in some file. As I recall, we had no ID of any kind in those days. They asked us a few questions, said "You aren't supposed to be here. SHOO!"
And that was the end of it.
Post 911, it's a different universe. I feel paranoid now when visiting large cities, simple taking photos of famous landmarks. Thanks to the koranimals. Every time I've taken a picture since then (never knowing what's in the background) I pause and silently curse the political decision to allow the primitive killer cult to redefine our entire lives.