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Don’t want trouble with the US Government? Then you might want to reconsider photographing anything that might cause suspicion among law enforcement — especially if you’re Middle Eastern or a ‘Chinese national. These reports aren’t just creepy records that are out of sight and mind — some photographers are being harassed as a result of them. In a segment on this story that aired yesterday, NPR cites the case of LA-based freelance photographer Hal Bergman. An enthusiast of photographing industrial locations, bridges, ports, and refineries, Bergman has been stopped numerous times by law enforcement, and has even received visits from FBI agents who asked him if he harbored “any ill will toward the United States of America.”fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map={%2210151615441172015%22%3A234671393362347}&action_type_map={%2210151615441172015%22%3A%22og.likes%22}&action_ref_map=[]
Posted on: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 02:55:20 +0000

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