Canadian Teenager Arrested For Photographing Mall Takedown

blackfrancis75 writes "An aspiring teenage journalist in B.C., Canada who witnessed a mall takedown and decided to photograph it (using a real-film camera), was told to 'delete' the photo by security guards. He (quite legally) refused to do so, and when local police arrived they assisted mall security in pushing him to the ground, handcuffing him, cutting off his backpack with a utility knife and searching it. 'He said the security guards held him, attempting to grab his camera, and he was pushed to the ground. He said he then tried to use his body to protect two cameras he carried in his bag. "They're just yelling and screaming, and just telling me to stop resisting," Markiewicz said.'"

Kids these days

[MichaelSmith]

Don't even know how to rip the film out of a camera and expose it.

I get angry, too...

[CheeseTroll]

When I see someone still using film. I mean, come ON, it's 2012 already! ;-)

Seriously, though, did anyone else think the rent-a-cops were bullying the guy for using last century's tech?

Re:"Stop Resisting" is the new LEO mantra.

[Anonymous Coward]

reminds me of southpark hunting, everything is in season as long as you yell "it's coming right at me"

Re:I'm sorry but..

[skywire]

When did you fall asleep, Rip? It must have been during a period in which the rule of law held sway. You'd better be a fast learner, or you'll be tasting concrete too.

Re:I'm sorry but..

[Guru80]

Autocomplete, I hate you.

Right to the cloud ...

[BenBoy]

... That's what I absolutely love about my phone camera ... Go ahead and smash it; the photo's already auto-uploaded. Of course, later, when I'm running for president and those *other* pix show up, it's gonna be mighty awkward.

Re:lawsuit time?

[Dahan]

OK, something more suitable for the graybeards then: uuencode /vmunix vmunix|mail [e-mail]