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[quote user="SUX V R40 Rider"] <blockquote> <div><img src="/TRCCS/Themes/trc/images/icon-quote.gif" /> Bucyrus:</div> <div></div> I think this discussion is getting bogged down over the idea of being arrested and resisting arrest.  The point of this discussion and the implication of the video is that people who are photographing trains are engaging in an activity that requires they be checked to see if they are a terrorist or not.  Most will not be terrorists, and therefore will not be arrested.  Moreover, nobody has said that the act of photographing trains is illegal.  So there should be no reason for a person doing so to be arrested or even forced to stop the activity.  <div style="clear:both;"></div>   </blockquote> While most will not be arrested they should NEVER even be stopped, approached, questioned, accosted, (enter your own description), in the to begin with when photographing takes place from a public place. But this is not the case a lot of the time. And this is the problem and this kind of activity from law enforcement should be stopped. If law enforcement and railroad officials want check me out with out my knowledge they are welcome to do so. I won't now about it so therefore do not care until and unless I am arrested if found to be doing something wrong at which point I have the right to face my accuser. Until then do not approach me and question what I am doing, ask for my I.D., etc. <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] You say you should NEVER even be stopped, approached, questioned, accosted, etc., but on what basis to you make that claim?  They have always had the right to question you if they suspect you, even if you are on public property.  You do have certain rights regarding answering their questions, but they have every right to detain you for questioning. What has changed in this whole topic is that train watching behavior has been classified as a sign of terrorism by Homeland Security.  If there is any complaint, it ought to be with that.  They are the first ones who tell us that they can't profile, but here they are profiling away when it comes to train watchers.
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