I do agree with you actually Bob. The US police force do have a distinctive approach to confrontation that is hard to stand up against. An almost robotic repetition of statement. I have encountered it quite often in a number of very minor incidents in the US so it is well beyond coincidence. A far cry from the English 'Bobby' :-) For US Pure Silverers, We have had similar testing of security attitudes here in the UK of late with a mass demonstration in Trafalgar Square in London. It was organised over the internet. Eventually it lead to a change in what police and security guards could claim was the law. Tim ............................................................................ ........................ Tim Rudman. Contemporary fine art photography. Traditional silver gelatin printing. Lith printing T: +44 01483 715621. E: tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <http://www.timrudman.com/> http://www.timrudman.com <http://www.worldoflithprinting.com/> http://www.worldoflithprinting.com From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of BOB KISS Sent: 06 July 2010 18:44 To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Photography Is A Crime (Epilogue?) And, if in maintaining "quiet beat" the law enforcement officials arbitrarily exercise their power contrary to the law or abuse their power, it is our obligation as citizens to at least correct the problem by seeing that the officers involved are better educated in applicable laws or, in extreme cases, prosecuted if their actions contravene the law. -----Original Message----- From: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of babaphoto@xxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 1:34 PM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Photography Is A Crime (Epilogue?) Concerning the not allowing anything to happen. In law enforcement terms that is known as the "quiet beat." Or "no problems here sir." Police officers evaluations are often based on "quiet beat". It may not mean that there isn't any wrong doing it only means that there was a certain element of control. baba ____________________________________________________________ Government Personal DEBT Bailout Plan Reduce Your Personal Debt up to 65%. End The Snowball Effect Today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4c336955a30ba18d00dst03duc ====================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5256 (20100706) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5256 (20100706) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2985 - Release Date: 07/06/10 07:36:00