Student Launches Suit Against NYPD For Photography Arrest
By Megan • Dec 10th, 2007 • Category: News for Creatives (archives)Topix reports:
“The NYPD is being slapped with a lawsuit after detaining a graduate student who was taking pictures near a subway station in Upper Manhattan.
The New York Civil Liberties Union says Arun Wiita was taking pictures outside the 207th Street subway stop on the 1 train in July, when a police officer got suspicious, handcuffed him and detained him for a half an hour.
Wiita says he was taking photos for a personal project chronicling the city’s subway stops.”
Megan is a creative producer at Wise Elephant.
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