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ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Taking Pictures of Senators, Big Donors - http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter...
João Almeida, Franklin Pettit, Brian Sullivan and 54 other people liked this
Arrested for taking pictures on a *public sidewalk*. GOD this riles me and I hope Asa and ABC push this as hard and as long as they can.
- Anthony Citrano
from Bookmarklet
Yeah - totally no good at all.
- Chrimmus Tad
So spread the word, then, man. Click that like button. ;) [Everyone!]
- Anthony Citrano
grr... wtf?
- Alan Le
Nothing to see here, just people vying for your vote to rule your country. Nothing important or anything...
- Dan Messer
WTF?!?!
- JA Castillo
on what charges? there is nothing illegal being done? WTF is right.
- Photo Larry
from twhirl
'During the arrest, one of the officers can be heard saying to Eslocker, "You're lucky I didn't knock the f..k out of you."' Would someone explain to me again what constitutes terroristic threatening? Ok, maybe I'll Google it.
- MiniMage TKDteacher of FF
A cigar-smoking cop says "You're under arrest buster.", you can't get more stereotypical than that. I thought those kind of cops were only in the movies. I'm sure there's more to the story than what we're seeing here. I don't trust the press enough to believe that what was released is all there is.
- Kenton
Pretty weak Abby.
- Mattb4rd
Our civil liberties have been eroded way before W's America Abby.
- Michael Tefft
BTW Abby, Obama voted for warrantless wiretaps.
- Michael Tefft
Although I agree with Michael that civil liberties had been eroded before "W", no administration has done more damage to the Bill of Rights than W's.
- Anthony Citrano
It's tough to say that it's 100% true About of being W's fault. But I can't Belive this
- Roberto Bonini
blogged on this this morning. This is terrible.
- Thomas Hawk
Ill be the first one to complain about this, but we didn't see what the photographer was doing before the Police told him to stop. Does anyone know what they were doing that caused the police to come over in the first place?
- Andrew Baron
Haven't cops got better things to do? What a waste of public money.
- Paul Grav
Denver Police Policy Manual excerpt: RR-140 - Discourtesy. 'Officers shall at all times be courteous and civil to the public and to one another. They shall be orderly, attentive, respectful, and shall exercise patience and discretion in the performance of their duties.'
- Anthony Citrano
Thanks Thomas - wish we could link our FF threads in a more substantive way. Great info on yours, too: http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Anthony Citrano
don't know exactly what the reporter did but it seemed pretty ridiculous to me
- Midori
The cop pushing the guy in the chest kinda looks like assault to me. It would be if it were anyone else doing it.
- Dave Roth
@Dave: yes - and he's not just pushing him, he's pushing him into traffic.
- Anthony Citrano
ABC News: ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Taking Pictures of Senators, Big Donors - http://thomashawk.com/2008...
Kol Tregaskes, Jeremy Kunz, Greg Lato and 38 other people liked this
definitely watch the video on this one: http://abcnews.go.com/video...
- Thomas Hawk
I love the fat cigar that one cop is smoking, "You're under arrest buster"
- Rafael Robayna
I'm going to try and call the Denver PD later this morning and see if I can get a copy of the police report. Somehow I think they are going to make this one difficult to get your hands on.
- Thomas Hawk
Hope you get it Thomas.
- Roberto Bonini
That's pretty amazing. Reading the article at ABC news the cop was saying that the sidewalk was private hotel property. Anyway, it'll be interesting to watch what happens with this because I have to believe a high-profile ABC producer is exactly the type of person you don't want to force a civil liberties violation on. What the hell is a cop doing smoking a cigar in public anyway....he might as well be eating a donut on that video.
- Todd
If you're unclear how the world works right now, this image should clear things up. http://66.92.94.107/misc...
- stretta
from twhirl
Haven't you heard? George W. Bush repealed the 1st Amendment.
- TranceMist
Now would be a great time to go off on an (irrelevant) anti-democrat rant, but police jackassery like this knows now political party bounds.
- Dave Roth
At this point the ball is in ABC and Eslocker’s court. This case differs from many similar cases in that they have the money and all the resources (film, audio, witnesses, etc.) necessary to take on the City of Denver and the police involved. I would interpret any failure on their part to pursue this matter as either they don’t have the facts and law on their side or that they lack moral courage.
- Robert Banghart
yeah its pretty wacky.. http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Peter Dawson
Ok, I've had to put about 6 calls into the Denver PD and the best I can get is a message to have someone call me back. I'm going to stay on them today until I see if I can get a copy of this police report. Will try them back in an hour. Police reports are public records and the report over this incident ought to be made available to the public.
- Thomas Hawk
Keep trying, Thomas.
- Roberto Bonini
Ok, just spoke with Mary Dulacki at the Denver Sheriff's Department. There was a Sherriff involved in the incident as well. She is aware of the incident, asked me to put a request for their report in in writing via email but said that she does not think she will be able to get the report turned around for me today. I'm going to keep trying until I either get shut down or get a copy of one of these police reports.
- Thomas Hawk
Thomas, I'm glad you're all over this. The tape looks outrageous and it sure appears the cops were abusive. My only concern is what we didn't see in the video. I'd be disappointed if it turned out the crew really *was* misbehaving, or that some obscure and possibly unconstitutional local ordinance actually defines a zone around a door as private property. What a mess.
- Chris Baskind
Thomas, I have been trying for about an hour and can get no answer either. The best I've gotten is a few messages into the civil liabilities bureau, but I will keep trying as well.
- Aaron Krug
Obviously the police officers are going to try and put their spin on this thing after the fact. They were stupid and probably had no idea who this guy even was. Looking forward to reading and reporting on those reports when I can get them. The point is though that they shouldn't be treating *anyone* like that. Even if they are a reporter. Police are given extraordinary power of authority. They should suffer large repercussions when they abuse that authority.
- Thomas Hawk
When this stuff happens with cameras around, you know much worse is happening elsewhere. Such arrogance. This is the new America.
- Chris Baskind
Link to use written request for police report: http://www.denvergov.org/Police...
- Aaron Krug
Just got this email back from the Denver Sheriff's Department: Tom- There is no "report" per se in this incident. Asa Eslocker was charged with interference with a police officer, trespass and failure to obey a lawful order on a GSS&C (General Sessions Summons and Complaint). On a GSS&C, the officer writes notes on the summons itself which is filed with the Denver County Court. To get a copy of the notes, you need to go to Denver County Court.
- Thomas Hawk
I'll try the Denver County Court next and will keep working on trying to obtain an incident report from the Denver PD.
- Thomas Hawk
Also interesting in that video is the police telling the camera guy to shut it off. Fortunately, the camera guy knew that he was under to legal obligation to do that.
- Dave Roth
Another update, this time from the hotel: http://www.windsofchange.net/archive...
- Thomas Hawk
Seems as though we do not have the full story. The comment from the Hotel adds a new twist to this incident. If what the Hotel says is true, it seems as though the police did have a right to ask the ABC crew not block an entrance to a building. Apparently they were asked to move several times and didn't. What we saw on the video was only the tail end of the entire incident. While I do...
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- Jeff P. Henderson
Vincient: The incident or the statement?
- Roberto Bonini
I find it dubious that a camera crew could literally *block* a hotel's entrance to the point that guests could not get out. It was likely 3 or 4 people at most and certainly guests could walk around them. There is nothing illegal about filming a hotel's entrance. Even if this was the case the cop could have moved him up the sidewalk, not out into the street. I'm not buying the hotel's explanation.
- Thomas Hawk
have to check this out when I'm home.
- Todd Jordan
The Denver Sheriff's Department just told me that they don't have the name of the arresting officer. Still working with Devner PD to hopefully obtain that and a full police report.
- Thomas Hawk
As a friend of mine said today when he heard the news, "There goes hope."
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
By "block people" they mean "allow higher-level lobbyists and congresscritters from being shown on air". I mean, in my less cynical days, if.. for example... Nancy Pelosi told me to kick an ABC camera crew out, I'd do it.
- Wirehead
I'm much more cynical now, of course. :D
- Wirehead
Some more info over here as well: http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Anthony Citrano
Wirehead, you make such a great point. I don't want to get into details here (not enough room,) but when I was in college I worked for a major political candidate. I was asked to do something (remove someone, basically) at a political event that I'd never do today. I was immediately shamed for it by a senior member of the staff .. but I was a kid, and was just doing what a campaign staffer told me to. I regret it to this day (and fear the video will show up eventually, haha...)
- Anthony Citrano
Since none us were there, and the definition of 'block' is rather ambiguous, it seems like we ought not to jump to too many conclusions about the cause of the incident until we have more info. The improper treatment of Asa at the end of the incident seems a bit clearer in my mind.
- Jeff P. Henderson
I'll translate. "illegal to block entrance" = selectively and ruthlessly enforce a hyper-literal interpretation in order to shield political big wigs and their sponsors from public scrutiny.
- stretta
It would be nice to have seen video of when the hotel asked them to not block the doors; the sidewalk was big enough that the cameras would have had to been standing in front of the door to have been blocking the hotel entrance. Interesting that DPD only arrested Reporter and not camera person...
- Greg Lato
PR Director for Brown Palace Hotel in Denver: Shannon Dexheimer Public Relations Manager sdexheimer@brownpalace.com (303) 312-5921
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
@Greg, my guess is that Asa was the vocal one and the cops needed a person to make an example out of, so they picked him. Which leads me to believe that the crime was not as serious as the charges. If the whole crew had really been blocking the door in an unsafe manner, they would have all been forced to move or arrested if they didn't comply.
- Jeff P. Henderson
The first "police officer" we see in the video is in fact a security guard hired by the hotel wearing a Boulder County Sheriff's uniform.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
So security guards are allowed to arrest people? That's a new one...
- Jeff P. Henderson
I found out last night from the Hotel PR Person that he really was a Boulder county sheriff and he was assigned to the hotel by the DNC.
- Jason Shultz
from twhirl
Is the Music Industry Digging Its Own Online Grave? - http://www.inquisitr.com/2492...
Marcel van der Laan, Lisa L. Seifert, Taryn Merrick and 31 other people liked this
YES!
- Bob Blunk
Yes, why yes they are, been hanging out at CC Mixter and Opscom which do "free" music (unknown bands) more than anything else lately, even though I have ITunes.
- Dan Morrill AKA Techwag
They have been digging it for the last 10 years... must be really deep because many many people must fit in it.
- Fabrice Epelboin
from twhirl
They have been for a long time. Ever since someone decided they were more important than the customer.
- Brandon Titus
duh
- @baratunde
from twhirl
i'm happy band section still work in muxtape, would be the damn bad if it was not working for us (buzzworkers)
- Ben Borges
That one is an easy answer. The crazy thing is, I still see artists spew the same tired RIAA line about down sales = piracy while real innovators are creating their own marketing hype. Many, such as hiphop artists, are moving to labels such as Koch where they press the records/CD's/publish downloads online and let the artist take care of marketing and promotion. This way the artist...
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- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Interesting post about Pandora on the edge of closeing due to increased royalty fees. http://arstechnica.com/news...
- Bryan Thatcher
from twhirl
The point of a record company can still be a central distribution point. Some could maybe handle it themselves, but I would image distributing CDs and setting up with digital distributors is still logistical nightmare for a single artist to handle on their own.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Matthew - If the artist is able to produce and master their own music with professional quality, there's little need for the record company since you can always start your own. Many smart artists have done this because it funnel's the bulk of the CD sales into their pockets.
- Jim McCusker
Matthew, that's pretty cool, but can they still get you stocked at Target and Best Buy? If they can then cool, but I didn't see anything on their website about that. A label like Koch can. This is why some will still want to go with a label with established ties to retail and distribution.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
Eric, getting stocked at Best Buy and Target only make sense if you're undertaking a nation wide promotional campaign, and if you're doing that, you're talking about a huge investment that is way, WAY beyond the scope of the independent artist. If you want to sell a physical product to a nationwide audience, the amazon advantage program is where it is at.
- stretta
from twhirl
It's quickly becoming a management-based industry, with managers replacing record labels. As artists are able to control their own production, distribution, promotion, etc there becomes the need for someone to help organize and run these aspects. The manager steps in to focus on the business and mechanics, freeing the artist to be 'creative' and/or tour ... which, of course, used to be a purpose the record label served.
- M. Donaldson
Having sat on the sidelines and about to embark on my own music career, I'm both excited and scared at the serious flailing about the music industry is doing. I'm confident I can get myself out there without the help/harm of a large record label -- either as an independent or on my own. There is *so much* opportunity to get real music out there that I'm not too worried about the distractions of the RIAA...
- Tracy Ruggles
Tracy, this is the best time in history to be an independent musician IMO. I've done a major label stint as well as time on assorted indies and I'm personally having more fun (and making a more consistent living at it) now that I'm on my own. The advantage nowadays goes to the most creative rather than the one with the biggest marketing budget, and that's really exciting.
- M. Donaldson
Please tell me that is a rhetorical question right?
- John (ColderICE)
from twhirl
What's a music industry?
- Pascal
The recent Bloc Party release is another example of the compromise model that will work for a portion of artists, labels, and consumers... release quality digital format at low cost (not free) ahead of leaks. Release compelling physical product shortly after including extras for top fans.
- Amir Gharaat
Bryne and Eno are using the same exact model Amir refers to ... their new album was released digitally yesterday, but won't be out physically until November 30. A special edition of the CD will contain extra tracks. http://www.everythingthathappens.com/order... ... it's like the early adopters are putting a down payment on the manufacturing of the final product.
- M. Donaldson
My husband is a recording artist, composer and engineer. The industry is so competetive with great talent abounding. However, talent is a dime a dozen. My advice is to do music because you love it and would rather do nothing else.
- Taryn Merrick
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Pictures of the Week - Pictures of the Week - TIME - http://www.time.com/time...
J. Abdul-Qahhar, Chris Luckhardt, Werner Ranner and 30 other people liked this
Soldiers stand guard outside the National Stadium during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics."
- Anna Haro
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10 Reasons Why Mind Mapping Can Increase Productivity - http://www.gottabemobile.com/10+Reas...
Nicholas James, accesine, Tanath and 11 other people liked this
I'm a mindmanager junkie. Lately I've been experimenting with mindmeister, doing real-time collaborative mindmapping with clients --what a great way to grow ideas visually while talking on the phone!
- Leif Hansen
Hmm mindjets mindmanager has online functionality as well those days.. haven't played with it yet though
- Marcel Ekkel
Blackberry Bold software isn't final yet (expecting a new build shortly) but so far very responsive, great screen and nice update to the UI
Share: What are your favorite Photography based blogs out there? (Author - Link)
Ben Bailey, Dan, James Ramya Rajan J and 53 other people liked this
Thomas Hawk - http://www.thomashawk.com
- Justin Korn
Matt Kloskowski - http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/
- Justin Korn
The Big Picture http://www.boston.com/bigpict...
- Alan Le
Stuck in Customs http://stuckincustoms.com/
- Alan Le
David Hobby - http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/ (a bit obvious I guess)
- Janek Mann
Janek: I'm looking for the obvious and not so obvious. Also blogs that overlap with other topics are okay as well...
- Justin Korn
Darren Rowse - http://digital-photography-school.com/blog
- Justin Korn
David Ziser - http://digitalprotalk.blogspot.com/
- Justin Korn
Michael Calanan - http://calanan.com/
- Jason Carreira
Ross Williams - http://flickr.com/photos...
- Jason Carreira
Heading East: http://www.mexicanpictures.com/heading...
- edythe
Shorpy: http://www.shorpy.com/
- edythe
[daily dose of imagery] http://wvs.topleftpixel.com/
- edythe
Hungry Hedonist: http://hungryhedonist.blogspot.com/
- clarke thomas
The Click http://theclick.us/
- Thomas Hawk
Digital Photography School http://digital-photography-school.com/blog...
- Thomas Hawk
Ryan Brenizer http://www.amazon.com/gp...
- Thomas Hawk
Rob Haggart http://aphotoeditor.com/
- Thomas Hawk
I just flickr search... does that count?
- Mona Nomura
Chris Nixon http://photografr.com/
- Thomas Hawk
Trevor Carpenter http://www.photowalking.org/
- Thomas Hawk
Carlos Miller http://carlosmiller.com/
- Thomas Hawk
Maybe it's just me but I have trouble finding photography blogs that stick for me, with very few exceptions. I get bored with photo blogs (i.e. mostly photos, little commentary), photo technique blogs, photo equipment blogs, photography-as-art blogs, and I just don't care about photo industry blogs, etc. And for the record, yes, I know my own blog falls into one of those categories. :) The best ones for me, like Thomas Hawk's blog, cover photography from many diverse angles.
- Michael Hocter
I love looking a good photo blogs and flickr. I wish I had a good DSLR I use to dabble in film photog. I was in right when the digital was taking over. I found that a good camera and some quick reading and you will take good pics. To take great pics you have to have the eye.
- Blackopsmanners
TWIP http://twipphoto.com/
- Thomas Hawk
http://www.twipphoto.com. Scott Bourne, Alex Lindsay, et. al. The associated podcast is probably the main resource for me, but the blog also has good content.
- Bill Crow
Can't believe no-one mentioned strobist - http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/
- Jason Carreira
Chromasia http://www.chromasia.com/
- Akiva Moskovitz
good call on strobist
- Damien Franco
jason carreira: :) someone did pretty early.
- edythe
mandolux: http://www.mandolux.com desktop wallpapers, really, but great photos nonetheless
- Trent Olson
A favorite pure photo blog... HELLO: http://www.mylalaland.com/hello...
- Michael Hocter
Stephen Faust http://stephenfaust.wordpress.com
- Bryan Clark
Daily Walks (Diane Varner): http://www.dianevarner.com/
- Michael Hocter
Frank Petronio: http://frankpetronio.com
- Michael Hocter
Flak Photo: http://flak-photo.my-expressions.com
- Michael Hocter
Home of the Vain (sometimes NSFW): http://www.homeofthevain.com
- Michael Hocter
Joe Reifer (Night Photography): http://www.joereifer.com/words...
- Michael Hocter
This Week In Photography - http://www.twipphoto.com
- Liana Lehua
Ride My Pony (NSFW): http://ridemypony.com
- Michael Hocter
The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.t...
- Michael Hocter
Shoot! The Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/
- Michael Hocter
This Week In Photography - http://www.twipphoto.com
- Tom
Chase Jarvis - http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog...
- Kortney Jarman
Joe McNally - http://www.joemcnally.com/blog
- Kortney Jarman
Scott Kelby - http://www.scottkelby.com/blog
- Kortney Jarman
Thomas Hawk - Amazing work! His favs are also wonderful.
- Dave Martin
Thanks all! Didn't know about many of these. Now only of I had the time to check them all out.
- Joe Perrin
Cornershots - http://www.cornershots.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Absolutely Nothing - http://www.absolutely-nothing.co.uk/
- Kol Tregaskes
m o o d a h o i c - http://www.moodaholic.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
milou - http://www.milouvision.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Julien Roumagnac - http://www.j-roumagnac.net
- Kol Tregaskes
Outstanding Shots - http://outstandingshots.blogspot.com
- Kol Tregaskes
p a b s t p h o t o . c o m - http://www.pabst-photo.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Thinking-Picture - http://www.thinking-picture.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
flickstr - http://flickstr.basementserver.com/ (perhaps not a blog but you can find some interesting photography here
- Kol Tregaskes
Neil Creek - http://neil.creek.name/blog/
- Kol Tregaskes
PhotoResearcher - http://www.researchphotos.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Ask the Photographer - http://askthephotographer.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
The Business of Photography - http://photobusinesseducation.wordpress.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Epic Edits (Brian Auer) - http://blog.epicedits.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Jim M. Goldstein - http://www.jmg-galleries.com/blog...
- Kol Tregaskes
Photo Business News & Forum - http://photobusinessforum.blogspot.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Photo HowTo - http://www.photohowto.info/
- Kol Tregaskes
Photodoto - http://photodoto.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
photonovice.net - http://www.photonovice.net/
- Kol Tregaskes
Photopreneur - http://blogs.photopreneur.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
thephotographybiz - http://www.thephotographybiz.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
TalkRocket - http://www.talkrocket.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Beyond Phototips - http://www.beyondphototips.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Tips from the top - http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
DIYPhotography.net - http://www.diyphotography.net/
- Kol Tregaskes
HyperPhocal - http://hyperphocal.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Microstock Diaries - http://www.microstockdiaries.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Photo Attorney - http://www.photoattorney.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Planet Photoshop - http://www.planetphotoshop.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Shutterbug Source Photography Tips - http://www.shutterbugsource.com
- Kol Tregaskes
PSDTuts - http://psdtuts.com
- Kol Tregaskes
Hope that's enough to keep you busy ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
This is an amazing list.
- Russellreno
TWIP http://twipphoto.com/
- Bob Gannon
David J. Nightingale - http://www.chromasia.com/iblog...
- Kol Tregaskes
Your Photo Tips - http://www.yourphototips.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Photo Merchant - http://photomerchant.net/
- Kol Tregaskes
John Nack on Adobe (His job title is Principal Product Manager, Adobe Photoshop) - http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/
- Daniel Schildt
101 Cookbooks - Recipe Journal (great if you like food and photos of it) -- http://www.101cookbooks.com
- Daniel Schildt
m o o d a h o l i c (Kenny Weng) - http://www.moodaholic.com
- Daniel Schildt
Black Star Rising - http://rising.blackstar.com
- Daniel Schildt
Lumilux (Hans E. Hyttinen) - http://lumilux.org
- Daniel Schildt
Flickr Art of Color Photography - http://flickrart.blogspot.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol - WOW, I think you are going to keep me busy for the rest of the year!
- Justin Korn
Thank you everyone! I'm sorting through these now and will hopefully have a post about them all sometime this week.
- Justin Korn
Shutterpad.com - http://www.shutterpad.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
@Justin Korn (justinkorn): I've just been through my flickr contacts this week to add them as imaginary friends so why doing this I added them here, I also posted my fav list on my blog, so has killed several birds with one stone. ;-) Warning: I'll keep posting, on and on and on... ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
from NoiseRiver
Photoaxe.com - http://www.photoaxe.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
Digital Photography Blogs - http://digitalphotographyblogs.com/
- Kol Tregaskes
So I didn't get a post up as soon as I expected, but here is the first of hopefully a few to come...http://blog.justinkorn.com/index...
- Justin Korn
Jerry Stevens Jr. http://www.Awesomephotograph.com/blog
- Lori
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