Man Arrested For Taking Photo of Open ATM

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 12, 2009 @11:38AM 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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Re:For taking a picture? by base3 · 2009-05-12 11:49 · Score: 0, Redundant

That's not a valid reason to have arrested him; it was an abuse of power. That cop should be stripped of her badge.

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Re:What did you think would happen? by Uberbah · 2009-05-12 13:23 · Score: 0, Redundant

Batshit irrelevant. Even if he signed a contract with REI beforehand agreeing not to take pictures inside their store, the best they can do is ask him to leave.