Yesterday in New York, various Occupy types attacked photographers and other media. More here. Here's a suggestion: perhaps the Occupy movement could hold a joint rally with the police and they could both beat up some photographers. Everyone seems to a… more »

Boston police have been forced to pay a $1.4 million settlement to a man left with brain damage after he was tackled and placed in a chokehold by police in 2009. Why all the violence? He was videotaping the cops of course. The big irony is that the victi… more »

Here's an item that falls either into the 'You can't make this up' department, or the 'All too believable' column, depending on how cynical you are. Only a day after the Baltimore PD announced a new rule making it clear that photographers and videograp… more »

Via the LA Times, a good article on a lawsuit the ACLU has filed against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department on behalf of three photographers who were arrested and detained in my old stomping ground. What did the photogs do? Take pictures of cour… more »

A man faces - wait for it - seventy-five years in prison for videotaping police. This is beyond ridiculous, and every court decision in existence confirms that citizens do indeed have the right to record police officers no matter what they're doing. The… more »

A win for the good guys in the War on Photography last week as a U.S. federal appeals court ruled that a Boston lawyer did indeed have the right to videotape some police officers as they made a drug arrest. The ruling hinged on the observation that First… more »

In yet another development in what seems like an ever-expanding war against photographers, the Long Beach Chief of Police announces that photographers will be detained by his officers if they're taking images "without apparent esthetic value." I guess th… more »

Very worthwhile and occasionally hilarious short film by Stuart York about photographer harassment. Six photogs go out onto the streets of London and, well...you'll see what happens. Watch the whole thing. More on the London Street Photography Festival… more »

I haven't posted any 'War on Photography' items lately, because people (sadly) just don't seem to care. But this photographer's run-in with some cops is too juicy to pass up... more »