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  • Concord Cop Threatens Camera-Wielding Lemonade Stand Operator With Wiretapping Charges

    08/24/2011 8:24:50 PM PDT · by Immerito · 32 replies · 4+ views
    Reason ^ | August 24, 2011 | Mike Riggs
    A Concord man giving away lemonade at a farmer's market was threatened with wiretapping charges last Saturday when he refused to stop filming a police officer and a fellow vendor. Garret Ean didn't have a permit to sell lemonade, which drew the ire of the president of the Concord Farmer's Market. Ean filmed the confrontation, and continued to film when a Concord cop showed up and threatened to arrest him for wiretapping. Photojournalist Carlos Miller (who we interviewed for the November issue of Reason about the war on photography) has the story: The man, whom Ean identified as Steve Blasdell,...