Richmond, VA Photographer Arrested For Trespass on Public Street

Richmond, VA Photographer Arrested For Trespass on Public Street
Published 1, November 5, 2011

Richmond, Va photographer, Ian Graham, must be wondering where he was this past Monday as he was arrested by local police for trespassing on a city street. Graham, who was photographing police arresting demonstrators in the Occupy Richmond protest, was told by police he was trespassing as he politely stood near a public crosswalk recording the goings on with his camera. Police claim they told Graham he could take photos but only in the designated “media area,” which was, of course, far from the scene of the arrests.

Graham was detained for the apparent ”crime” of walking and photographing police from a public street. It’s more likely he was arrested in retaliation for questioning police about why he was unable to traverse the street and perform an obviously legal action. He was held at the Public Safety Building for about thirty minutes and then released on a summons.

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He'd be taken down hard.

Only terrorists would carry a lens like that.

Would be cool if someone with lot of money had a group of people scattered around on rooftops taking pictures in a safe distance

That doesn't go over well with authority figures. No one should have the ability to shoot photos from that far away; who knows what they are really up to?

I hope you realize I'm just kidding. I love photography and I envy his lens. (That didn't sound right, did it?)

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and the top law enforcement officer of the department at least $1000 each for each occurrence of an illegal ticket or summon. And the judge fined $10,000 if the judge fails to do the above and requires an appeal.