BryantVW
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From my friends who work up in Milwaukee.
http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-20110920-fox6-photojournalist-arrested,0,6130946.story
http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-20110920-fox6-photojournalist-arrested,0,6130946.story
The thing is I remember when Flynn was the chief in Springfield MA, the guy went out of his way to help the press with situations like this on a number of occasions. It is just simply not something I think of when I think of that particular chief, now others possibaly but I can think of a number of occasions where myself or another photog got in a tiff with a beat cop and one call, he would look at the tape and the officer involved would typically end up spanked.Bryant,
Don't muddy the waters. The way they reported the story has nothing to do with the officer clearly violating this photographers 1st amendment rights. I hope he sues the city and wins a huge settlement. These officers only do this because the supervisors allow it. if Police chiefs created an environment where this type of behavior wasn't allowed, we would no longer see these types of cases.
EXACTLY! I was shocked that the reporters let the chief off the hook so easily. I was shouting questions to him through my computer!Not to mention, the reporter totally let him off the hook. Way to back up your guys!