This blog post is almost entirely unrelated to skateboarding. I have recently taken up my photography again and am going through the basics by shooting with film, becoming a bit better and more confident, the progressing onto digital when I eventually know what the hell I am doing!
So because I always carry my camera in my bag just in case there are some shots I want to take, I came across a big police raid in the Woodstock area, whipped out my camera, and started snapping away from a distance. Without any warning, i got grabbed and held with my face on the floor whilst all my belongings were strewn on the floor, whilst I was surrounded by about 20 heavily armed police officers who obviously thought I was with some or other publication. The then proceeded to rip my film out of my camera, after taking about 5 of them 5 minutes to figure out exactly how to do this.
My question is just this, why if you are doing things by the book are you scared of what the public will see? It is time we all stand up to this kind of behavior and realize that these are same people that we trust with our daily lives, and that WE pay their salary each month!
So because I got my film ripped out of my camera and lost the pics of the 50 out of about 60 policemen standing around doing nothing while the other 10 proceeded to tear down people's doors with sledgehammers and crowbars, I am now going to have to subject you to some random pic I've taken... :-)
Respect to all who do their bit for justice and don't sit back and accept!
Kent
