Re: (erielack) Re: CNN interview.

[Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com]

Did anyone on the list happen to tune in on this?  If so, it would be great
if you could give us all an overview of what exactly took place on the
show.


                                                                                                                                          
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I do recommend that anyone concerned about rights as photographers, etc.
watch this CNN show (although I have my doubts about Paula Zahn carrying it
out in
a professional manner).

Randy Olson and Paul Burgess are well-known and respected rail
photographers
in the Chicago area (come to think of it, they stopped by my place for a
slide
show last week). Their incident a few months ago involving both Metra
police
and police from the City of Morton Grove (a semi-ritzy Chicago suburb)
created
quite a stir in Chicagoland, and it went all the way to the front page of
the
Chicago Tribune with a semi-major story, with photos, that jumped to the
back
page of the Trib (now that's status!). The Tribune handled it well, as did
Paul (a former U.S. serviceman) and Randy (a former IC dispatcher). Metra
came
out of it with an egg-laden face while the City of Morton Grove wound up
issuing profuse apologies for what was an outright stupid remark by one of
its
police, implying that the Patriot Act meant that everyone has to stay home
and
watch MTV.

Mike Schafer

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