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Carlos Miller spent a night in jail for taking photographs of police officers against theit wishes.

This kind of story no longer surprises me. Police departments in the US and UK seem to have lost the plot in the face of terrorism “threats”. This is the sort of thing that we used to chastise the old Eastern Block countries for. Whatever happened to our civil liberties? Where do we draw the line?

How long until journalists and writers face the same treatment?

The most humiliating part of my arrest was not necessarily the way the five Miami police officers slammed me down on the hard sidewalk and bashed my forehead against the concrete. Nor was it the way they tightened the handcuffs on me until they cut off the circulation in my wrists. Nor was it the way one officer twisted my right wrist backwards until I yelled out in pain. Nor was it the way an officer threatened to taze me if I did not shut my mouth.

It wasn’t even the way the sergeant taunted me at the precinct by saying, “I don’t know what police department you’re used to dealing with, but this is Miami PD and we don’t put up with that kind of crap here.”

No, the most humiliating part of my arrest was when I was ordered into a small dark room at the Miami-Dade County Jail and ordered to drop my pants, bend over and spread my cheeks while a jail guard with a flashlight ensured that I was not smuggling any contraband into the jail.

Read the full story here.

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Today Zooomr launched a nice batch of new features, and tidied up their interface into the bargain.

The Discover section now pages for pro users. That gives you five times more of the best photographs on Zooomr. The algorythm used to calculate this has always been very good, so this is a big bonus for those looking for great shots.

My favourite new feature is Undiscovered. This throws up great shots from people you haven’t had any contact with on Zooomr. Great for finding something new.

Zooomr will now also give awards to the most popular photos on the site. Photos with the most views or most favourites will automatically get an award icon to the right of the photo.

Nice work from the Zooomr team. I’m assured that there will be even more new features in the near future.

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It seems that a week can’t go by these days without another story of a photographer being abused by somebody in uniform.

A news photographer left his camera running whil he was attacked by an Albuquerque Police Department officer…and was then arrested. The video, which can be seen here, was then broadcasted unedited.

APD say they are going ahead and pressing charges against the unfortunate photographer, and will review the video in the mean time.

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