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  • Man threatened with arrest after taking photos (of E. St. Louis police)

    03/02/2004 10:01:03 AM PST · by E Rocc · 41 replies · 234+ views
    Belleville (IL) News-Democrat ^ | March 2, 2004 | George Pawlaczyk
    EAST ST. LOUIS - Fletcher Parker said all he wanted was a few snapshots of the East St. Louis Police Department in action, a force he said he strongly supports. Instead, he said cops seized his digital camera's disc, which records the images, and threatened him with arrest. On Monday about 11:30 a.m., seven or eight city officers had captured a suspect behind a house at 17th Street and St. Clair Avenue and were leading him back to a squad car. Police declined to state the nature of the arrest. Parker said he was driving by when he spotted a...