911 Called After Photographer’s Tripod Mistaken for Machine Gun

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"..Paranoia strikes deep, into your life it must creep.."

"For What It's Worth"-Buffalo Springfield

Exactly what the so called religious maniacs want! If we're afraid, they win!!
 
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Someone called the police on me when they saw me near railroad tracks with a portable radio receiver.
 
Yep. Fear mongering is well entrenched today.

It's little wonder 'eyewitness' accounts are so unreliable.

When I see stories like this i think about the story of the boy who cried wolf to often.

I got visited by the police one night because someone reported I was pointing a 'cannon' at the sky.

My 'cannon' - a 12" Newton type telescope on a Dobson type mount.

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crabby_appleton1950 said:
Better safe than sorry.
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I disagree.

People shouldn't have to worry about carrying around a tripod, a camera, or any other totally harmless device.

I used to use Baking Soda to brush my teeth with. I bought a pretty high quality baking soda in a large bag at a whole foods or something.. I thought I was so clever to put it in plastic bags when I travel. Somewhere along the way I realized that having a plastic bag of white powder would not look good if / when my luggage was searched. People shouldn't have to worry about things like this in a free country.
 
It's funny in my town the police when they see me out Railfaning in the snow sit and wait for the train with me. So I can sit in the front seat of the cruiser. And in the summer I Railfan in a tent. And usually they will bring out a bottle of water. I love my city police. But I also think they are used to me. Twenty years in one place
 
Seaboard92 said:
It's funny in my town the police when they see me out Railfaning in the snow sit and wait for the train with me. So I can sit in the front seat of the cruiser. And in the summer I Railfan in a tent. And usually they will bring out a bottle of water. I love my city police. But I also think they are used to me. Twenty years in one place
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Consider yourself lucky! But don't get too comfortable, all it takes is one new police officer who doesn't know you, to really ruin your day.
 

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