From The Denver Post:  By Greg Dobbs

We were in an open-air light rail station in Miami, a television crew and me. A guy who lived nearby and led us there took several small cameras into the station to make a point about his rights.

He made it with a bang. As soon as he lifted one of his cameras to take pictures of a security guard, the guard and her partner went after him.

They told him to stop taking their photo. He didn’t. They told him to leave. He wouldn’t. They told him to surrender his cameras. He refused.

They took a swipe at the cameras, knocking one to the ground, then another swipe at him. He fought back.

Was this guy a pain in the neck? Yes. Was he rude, intrusive, provocative, even offensive? Absolutely. But here’s the key question: Was he breaking the law?

No.

This matters because a bill being drafted by Colorado state Rep. Joe Salazar, D-Thornton, would “clarify” the rules around what law enforcement officials can and cannot do when confronted with someone using a camera.

It shouldn’t require clarification, but maybe it does, because cameras nowadays are a ubiquitous and sometimes unavoidable part of our daily lives. And it’s hard for some people to believe that you and I have the right to all but stick a camera in their face.

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