Anti-Nixon Graffiti - Torino, Italy - © Frank H. Jump
Wow… this must be old!
August 20th, 2008:
Carabinieri Interrogating an Arab During First Week of Newly Instituted Search Laws in Italy.
Carabinieri Interrogating an Arab in Torino within a block of the graffiti in earlier postings. Torino, Italy - © Frank H. Jump
Seconds after I took this shot, a Carabinieri in the passenger seat came out and asked us to pull over. He demanded to see the picture I took and then insisted I delete it or he would confiscate my camera. With hands shaking, I attempted to delete it, but couldn’t. Finally, he asked to look at it again and said that it didn’t show faces. He then explained that this [Italy] wasn’t America and I couldn’t take pictures of anything I wanted – especially the police, unless I asked permission. Little did he know that the rights of picture-taking in the US have also become eroded.
