Should it be against the law to photograph the City-County Building? Some in Indianapolis law enforcement
think so. The IBJ photographer was told today that taking pictures of the building is a violation of federal law. Officers
asked to see his pictures of the farmer's market, which had the City-County Building in the background. And it's not the first
time police here have hassled a photographer. In another case,
a visitor was here for the F-1 race and stopped to photograph an art exhibit outside the City-County Building. A city spokeswoman
said a Homeland Security rule bans pictures of federal buildings and that the City-County Building applies since the mayor's
office is there. A final note: I pulled this photo from the city's own Web site.
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Welcome to Property Lines, Indy's source for neighborhood real estate news. Your host is Scott Olson, IBJ's real estate beat
reporter. Edited by Cory Schouten.
Should it be against the law to photograph the City-County Building? Some in Indianapolis law enforcement
think so. The IBJ photographer was told today that taking pictures of the building is a violation of federal law. Officers
asked to see his pictures of the farmer's market, which had the City-County Building in the background. And it's not the first
time police here have hassled a photographer. In another case,
a visitor was here for the F-1 race and stopped to photograph an art exhibit outside the City-County Building. A city spokeswoman
said a Homeland Security rule bans pictures of federal buildings and that the City-County Building applies since the mayor's
office is there. A final note: I pulled this photo from the city's own Web site.
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If a television station wants to improve viewership, get rid of the local blackout. I was born by the brickyard, and have attended 15 or more races. I have children now, I won't attend unless circumstances are perfect. As those with growing families know, they never are. I'm always impressed that upwards of 250,000 people attend the 500. However, as a growing, or, more apt, sprawling city, Indianapolis and its immediate suburbs count almost 2.2 million. Show the race live, let the venue get a kick-back on revenues, and open-wheel racing might have a fighting chance to be relevant again. Just in time for those tax-payer lights to make sense.
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John Moore, I too have had the same issue recently. A property next to my house was on the Land Bank and I was interested in purchasing. When I tried to contact Reggie, I got back emails that had nothing to do with what I asked about. Actually my latest response from him was on this past Friday. I had asked about how to buy the property and if it was still available. His response to me was to contact the mayor's office to get the schedule of his appearances. (???) Hopefully the city is able to do something to fix what this guy has done, it would be nice if they would take the properties back and sell them properly so land owners like me and you mother would have a fair chance.
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I too work in the industry, with over 25 years of experience and your political spin has probably nothing to do with any rebranding. "Let's dress it up" would have nothing to do with the government "telling us how and what to eat." Give it a political rest. And being a producer for a radio show doesn't mean you've been involved in advertising and branding for 30 years.
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Ms. Morris did not understand the ways of the business world, otherwise, like the IMS, she could have petitioned the State Legislature for a handout of State Funds for her charity work. Ms. Morris should consider becoming a state lobbyist for Lemonade Stand Operators.
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David Copperfield!
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Sounds like paranoia, but one never knows. I would think the same law that applies to other property is applicable here. Inside: off limits, Outside: public domain
I wonder what they're so worried about. I'm sure the building's exterior has been completely documented already. One could construct a fairly complete picture just by scouring the web for a couple of hours.
To answer the question posted above... No, it shouldn't be illegal.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/3/03736/76330
they would need. It's ridiculous
Normally (Marion Co.'s is one of those exceptions), county courthouses are among the most striking architectural landmarks in a town, and would be obvious subjects -- not targets -- of tourists' cameras.
Last year, I photographed the Steuben County courthouse in Angola while on a camping trip. No one stopped me from doing so -- and I took photos from various vantage points. It sounds as if I'd be perceived as scoping the place, if I were doing that around the City-County Building.
Go figure! -Joseph Lee, Indianapolis
Go figure! -Joseph Lee, Indianapolis
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I guess BerwickGuy said it right, this is just another way to get people riled up for little or no reason.
Come on Cory, bring us topics of real estate.
Don't be surprised if they call in your name to see if you are on a watch list. If they do so, they're doing their job.
Great, so now you probably get added to that watch list.
The officer said and I quote, No one takes pictures of my city without answering to me.
What a douche.
Measures like this will do nothing, you can go online and find a photo of the city county building just like that, so its not like theres some magical thing that enables people to destroy or attack a building once a photo(that is extremely easy to gain on the internet) is taken of the structure.
I'v taken pictures of the statehouse, federal building, and federal courthouse without any hassle.
Obviously, they stopped her and said she could not enter with the camera, but the phone was OK. I just looked at these people and asked - Why is this necessary? One lady informed me The Judge told us to do this. I asked which Judge (as I know many of them personally) and they could not elaborate. So....you can NOT take a digital camera into the building, but you CAN take in a camera phone? WTF???
I suppose yYou first have to understand that those nice folks are not making more than prolly $8/hour , have little education, and are just following orders and answering the same 10 stupid questions all day long....but let's get real! This is ridiculous and the story on the KOS blog is really disturbing too.
Aren't WE, the citizens the boss? This is getting ridiculous./
What moron is going to repeat the same attack?
0_o people can be so stupid.