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Ameer wrote:Talking has been used to plan crimes. Are they questioning everyone talking in public too?

G26ster wrote:Once again I find my self a bit befuddled. With all the talk on several threads running about "Spidey Sense," Gut Feelings," Smell Tests," etc. I'm surprised that anyone would be upset if the DHS, the local LEOs, or a concerned citizen would want someone questioned for taking pictures of a refinery or other building that seemed out of place. What's the difference between someone taking pictures with "no apparent esthetic value" and the guy asking for a ride at the gas station because his truck was broke down? Or, the guy that got within 50' of a members car in Houston late one night. It was most members opinion that the posters was/would be correct in calling 911, and to let the law sort it out. So what's the difference between letting the law question the photographer taking pictures with "no apparent esthetic value" if they (the law), or a concerned citizen, feel that photography doesn't meet their personal smell test, or they have a spidey sense about it, or they don't like their gut feeling? Personally, I see no difference, because in none of the cases mentioned did anyone break the law . If you want the law to investigate your suspicions, I guess they have the right to investigate theirs, or the suspicions of others. After all, if you calling the law might save someone else a "bad day," the law investigating the refinery photographer might save hundreds a bad day. I don't think we can have it both ways in our society.

mamabearCali wrote:What in this world? I remember being in 6th grade (about 1991) and being told that one of the signature pieces of an oppressive totalitarian regime is that you may not take photographs without the express permission of the gov't. Did the United States suddenly go into the twillight zone? We have citizens being strip searched without warrants at airports, photographers being detained for taking pictures, and the insanity keeps on mounting. What is happening here?