Railfans detained for photographing trains on public property

[DPD1]

I don't like this kind of stuff any more then anybody else... But just to clarify... A train station isn't necessarily considered "public property".

But I guess the good news is... If this is all it takes to get on their "list", then nobody will have much to worry about, because half the people in the country will be on it at this rate.

Dave
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[dwil89]

Its not only the detention ,but the statement by the Police that the railfan is now forbidden from taking any photographs of trains from any public place! This is silly! A simple quick hello and brief conversation with the officer could have sized up the situation! If it was a older man or woman with their 7 year old grandson standing there taking pictures, would the reaction had been the same by the police? Oh..oh..its a terrorist using a little kid to do the dirtywork as a cover.....Get real!!! We are harassing our own citizens in the name of protecting ourselves rom Bin Laden. Dave Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsaltoonajohnstown

[Anonymous]

The Patriot Act gone wrong again. Next we'll be ordered to turn in our model trains, and this simple post will probably get my name on the Joint Task Force list.

I believe the legal system is going to have alot of fun with incidents like this. It's time for law enforcement to get back to the basics and chasing railfans from public property vantage-points certainly is not one of those basics, and assuredly has nothing to do with fighting terrorism.

[Anonymous]

soon enough it's going to be illegal to even fart in public...what's next?!

[dwil89]

Here is a link to a Railfan's detention by law enforcement. Once you read the account, you will probably wonder what things are coming to in the US. in the name of 'security" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_PA_railfan/message/6308 I think that some laws are being stepped on, based on that account. Dave Williams http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nsaltoonajohnstown