Lord knows that I have had my share of run ins with police officers, security guards, and other quasi authoritative figures that have not gone well. Generally because they don't understand what the laws on the books actually say about photography. I have been quick to call them out on their collective ignorance of the law and constitutional ignorance, but now I have the good fortune to come across this piece and the professional police officers who handled it.
It seems that the guy working on the red light camera system did not want to have his photo taken and when the photographer refused to stop shooting, he called the cops. Generally this is where things can go south for a photographer, but in this case the police explained that the photographer had every right to photography whatever he wanted in a public space.
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