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Man Arrested For Taking Photo of Open ATM
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."
Because he posted as Anonymous Coward? Looks like yours is pretty snug too.
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.
Taking a photo of an open ATM in a public area is not a crime.
Neither is walking down the street with a blood-covered baseball bat. But, I think the cops might be able to properly detain you because of it.
... and that's when the C.H.U.D.'s came at me.
If the SCOTUS declared it unconstitutional in Washington State, then it's unconstitutional across all 50 states. Precedent has been set and even if you get arrested for refusing to show ID, the courts will nullify the arrest based upon that previous SCOTUS decision.
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