Homeland Security freakout when guy takes picture of Ballard Locks

[RobertSeattle]

Talk about stupid. 10s of thousands of picture are taken of this area every day. Of course it had nothing to do with his skin color...

http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_071404WABphotosKC.2fc59a93b.html

SEATTLE - For hundreds of thousands, the Ballard Locks are a must-see stop on the Seattle tour. Countless pictures are taken there every day. But one Seattle man was stopped by Homeland Security.

"There are no signs saying not to take photographs of the Ballard Locks and railroad bridge," said Ballard resident Ian Spiers who just wanted to snap some pictures for his college photography class.

He thought the famed locks and landmark railroad bridge would be the perfect subject.

Ballard resident Ian Spiers said he just wanted to snap some pictures for his college photography class.
That was until someone reported him twice as a suspicious character, bringing out federal and local law enforcers.


Related DU thread here: (Caught after posting)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=684802

[flamingyouth]

1. This story is so fucked up and wrong

I don't even know what to say about it.

The whole world is going insane...

[fortyfeetunder]

2. Figure I will be next

I take my cameras everywhere I go. Surprised I didn't get beaned recently for taking pictures at the train tracks. My son is a train fanatic and I took pictures of him watching trains.

Guess people of color are pretty much doomed if we allow the * administration to fester any longer.

[shingashong]

3. You know when I heard this I was so disgusted

all Ic ould think of was racial profiling. UGH!!!!