February 20, 2005
A Simple First Amendment Win
If you haven't already read the sfist recap, yesterday's San Francisco MUNI Shoot-In was a simple and quiet success, with about two dozen people appearing, including both Steve Malik and J. Tony, who had been subject to the long strong arm of the MUNI police.
Just as it only takes a couple of bad incidents to set a harmful precedent, it only takes the quick direct action of a few challengers to correct it. It seems clear that the First Amendment won this round — MUNI security was present and watchful but never interfered with anyone's peaceful photographing in the entries, platforms, or on the MUNI trains. Special thanks should go out to Jackson West of sfist for creating and championing this event, as well as to the people who showed up to participate:
As a token of that appreciation, attendees got a little PhotoPermit.Org pin — additional thanks to Courtney for waking up early to bang them out without advance notice, even though she couldn't attend the event.
And thanks to Rebecca for the snaps on this page, memoires of her first politcal action.
A couple of sites I've seen with more pix:
- sfindymedia.org
- The comments of the sfist story contain several links as well.
(I seemed to have been the lone user of a film-based camera at this event — those photos will appear on the web some time later)
Posted February 20, 2005 01:23 AM | TrackBack