I wrote about this probably in the old blog – about how the “OMG, terrorists could [fill in the blank] is becoming a blanket excuse to limit individual freedom. – specifically the idea floated that Al Queda had thought about the idea of attacking U.S. railroad and public transit…
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2011/06/01/mta-officers-detain-man-for-taking-pictures/
Welcome to the Police State of Obama. The government can have 35 million TV cameras watching you, but don’t you dare watch them! Pretty soon we’ll need to outlaw pencils – you know people could make drawings and lists of stuff and other dangerous things. The Constitution says nothing about have a right to own unlicensed writing implements.
That is just DBTC (Dumbassery By Transit Cop) as you can see by this quote:
The Maryland Transit Administration says more training may be called for after three MTA officers detained a man for taking pictures at a light rail station
The more worrying situation is down in Florida, where police were actively trying to destroy video of a police shooting.