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Man Arrested For Taking Photo of Open ATM

Posted by kdawson on from the i-will-tackle-you dept.

net_shaman writes in with word of a Seattle man who was arrested for taking a photo of an ATM being serviced. "Today I was shopping at the downtown Seattle REI. I was about to buy a Thule hitch mount bike rack. They were out of the piece that locks the bike rack into the hitch. So I was in the customer service line to special order one. It was a long line and while I was waiting, I saw two of guys (employees of Loomis, as I later learned) refilling the ATM. I walked over and took a picture with my iPhone of them and more interestingly of the open ATM. I took the picture because I'm fascinated by the insides of things that we don't normally get to see. ... That was when Officer GE Abed (#6270) spun me around and put handcuffs on me."

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  1. For taking a picture? by courtjester801 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It looks more like being arrested for mouthing off to the cops. Tact not a strong point?

    1. Re:For taking a picture? by Chyeld · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      So... back to the Loomis guys, REI loss prevention officers and cops.

      We go back and forth about why I took it and don't see it as a problem versus why they think it's somehow threatening their personal safety and their property's safety. They're trying to convince me to give my ID to the Loomis guys to write their report. I'm trying to convince them to go fuck themselves that I didn't do anything illegal or otherwise wrong and that Loomis doesn't have any jurisdiction to compel me to give them my ID. Round and round, over and over.

      Does it really matter at that point who is the beneficiary of information? They told him to identify himself. Period.

  2. Re:OK, this is lame, but... by Uberbah · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Go ahead and tell the cops you'll talk to them, just as soon as you are granted immunity.

    Great idea. Never talk to the police. Not even if you have information that might save lives.

    You mean like in the mythical ticking time bomb scenario?