Decius wrote:
] StankDawg wrote:
] ] This happened near where I work. I heard it on the radio
] this
] ] morning. According to the local radio report, the
] ] photographer was getting right up in peoples faces and
] taking
] ] pictures of them and was repeatedly asked to back off by the
]
] ] people and the police.
] ]
] ] I knew this story would take off when I heard it, but it
] ] sounds like he was just being an asshole.
]
] Yeah, the circumstances seem to be in dispute. If they had
] simply busted him for harrasing voters it wouldn't be such a
] big deal, but a blanket rule barring photography is likely to
] turn this into a national issue.

I think that's the puzzling point. If you're going to defend your authoritarian actions, then let the truth out about how the photographer was harrasing people. But to have it cast into a first amendment issue, and/or battering a journalist makes it much more suspect that you're tinkering around with the polling stations. Again, some truth and mistruth probably applies here. Maybe it was just a situation that presented itself to make this guy be an example. I'm sure there's FAR less coverage in FL of polling stations now.

RE: Deputy tackles, arrests journalist for photographing voters