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SF Muni Protest, Saturday

As a response to the SF Muni "let's make up random laws" incident, the folks over at SFist have a suggestion (that link also contains more info):

What we can do is quietly and peacefully assemble at noon this Saturday, the 19th, at the Embarcadero station Muni fare gate and start taking pictures.

Simple and hopefully stress-free. One only hopes that the San Francisco Chinese New Year's Parade, nearby the same day, doesn't give the Wrong People a Wrong idea that such protesters should be casually swept away.

Personally, I tend to agree with Derek Powazek that this incident is probably not the result of any department policy but simply the result of one or two overzealous employees on a power trip — followed by some equally zealous ass-covering. Out-of-bounds arrogance by low-ranking officers does appear to be the #1 source of authority abuse reported here on PhotoPermit.

Note that although Steve Malik is a freelancer, he's also a member of NPPA, and he can get some traction from them (along with orgs like the SPJ). Mere members of the public are still left out.