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Md. State Police Stop Suspicious Vehicle; No Charges
LAUREL, Md. - Maryland State Police say they released a 24-year-old Israeli man without charges Friday night after questioning him about photographing the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore.
Investigators say another motorist reported that a man driving a green Dodge minivan was using a camera and appeared to be taking pictures as he drove through the tunnel.
Police say the van continued south on Interstate-95 and then turned back in the other direction near Laurel.
A bomb-sniffing dog checked out the car but did not find any explosives.
Police say they found a laptop computer and a digital camera containing pictures of the tunnel inside the van, but nothing else suspicious.
2006-09-24 15:43:26 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I don't know anything about this specific tunnel, but I do know as a photographer I enjoy taking pictures of a great many things and some of them are bridges and tunnels.
I'm afraid many Americans are so paranoid now that they see danger where no danger exists and find such policing to be reassuring. I feel no safer not carrying toothpaste in my carry-on than I did carrying it. I do not believe every person with a camera is a terrorist, whether in the US or overseas.
I'm sorry folks but photographer does not equal terrorist.
2006-09-24 15:51:58 · answer #1 · answered by DJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paranoia run wild.
Pretty soon, you'll be arrested for taking pictures of your kids outdoors.
2006-09-24 22:53:23 · answer #2 · answered by The Gadfly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋