[Henrietta]

"What is a cop supposed to think when that is coupled with a report that he was photographing equipment and taking notes?"

Who cares what the cops think? They aren't supposed to detain people unless they have a reasonable and articulable suspicion that the person in question is about to commit a crime.

We have the right to take photographs. We have the right to ask questions. And we have the right to expect that we will not be illegally detained (and this WAS an illegal detention) based on the asking of seemingly silly questions or the taking of seemingly suspicious photographs.

[TigersEye]

We have the right to take photographs. We have the right to ask questions. And we have the right to expect that we will not be illegally detained

True. But the police have a duty to investigate suspicious activity which includes asking questions of any citizen they think may provide useful information.

(and this WAS an illegal detention) based on the asking of seemingly silly questions or the taking of seemingly suspicious photographs.

You'd be right if that was what they based their detention on. I imagine it was his belligerent, uncooperative attitude coupled with suspicious behaviour that gave them just cause.

The author sounds like a jerk to me and this is HIS version of the story. The story in post #16 is something to get bent about, not this.

[zip]

Who cares what the cops think? They aren't supposed to detain people unless they have a reasonable and articulable suspicion that the person in question is about to commit a crime.

You win the "Dumbest statement of the day". Are you so retarded that you don't understand that there are terrorists who would love to kill every American just to see the blood? There is nothing wrong with stopping an attack on our people. You are one weird duck.