San Onofre security demands video be deleted
Team 10 crew detained by state parks police
Team 10 Investigator Mitch Blacher and photojournalist Arie Thanasoulis were detained while shooting video from a public area in the vicinity of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant.
Posted: 06/05/2013
Mitch Blacher

SAN ONOFRE, Calif. - An incident involving Team 10 has the National Press Photographers Association demanding an apology from the California State Parks Commission and the owners of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant.

In late April, Team 10 was working on a series of stories involving the nuclear facility and its management. Team 10 was shooting video of the facility from a public state beach when police and San Onofre staff demanded the video be deleted before Team 10 be allowed to leave the public park.

"If you go ahead and film you're going to get a citation," a state parks employee who identified himself as Bob Warman said.

Warman claimed the video was being taken from private property. However, there were no visible signs posted marking private property. Team 10 was following the instructions of a state parks official at the entrance of the San Onofre State Beach.

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