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Amtrak Photo Contestant Arrested By Amtrak Police
Photographer Duane Kerzic was standing on the public platform in New York's Penn Station, taking pictures of trains in hopes of winning the annual photo contest that Amtrak had been running since 2003. Amtrak police arrested him for refusing to delete the photos when asked, though they later charged him with trespassing. "Obviously, there is a lack of communication between Amtrak's marketing department, which promotes the annual contest, called Picture Our Trains, and its police department, which has a history of harassing photographers for photographing these same trains. Not much different than the JetBlue incident from earlier this year where JetBlue flight attendants had a woman arrested for refusing to delete a video she filmed in flight while the JetBlue marketing department hosted a contest encouraging passengers to take photos in flight." Kerzic's blog has an account of the arrest on Dec. 21 and the aftermath.
So science journals should start putting Martha Stewart recipes in them; I mean I'm sure the people that read Science enjoy food too.
I started coming to this site because it was full of nerdy goodness. It's turned into, at best, a mediocre tech site and a poor excuse for a socially conscious sound board. I mean really this is the best they could post? This guy needs to get a lawyer. Nuff said; I don't see any TRUE significance to this story. In fact, this is probably the LEAST socially significant story I've read all week.
It's not wonder the comments following posts are becoming less and less over the years. News for Nerds use to actually mean NEWS FOR NERDS. Things you'd be laughed at for reading in high school...
Or am I just getting old? GET OFF MY LAWN!
No sig for you!!
Sorry, but if Amtrak can't make a profit on its own, then let it fail. I see no reason for the government to confiscate (steal) my tax dollars to subsidize you pathetic Amtrak riders. Let the passengers pay whatever it takes to keep their precious trains going.