[Scan-DC] Amtrak Corporate Guidelines on Photography and VideoRecording

[b_thom at juno.com]

On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:06:00 -0400 Larry Sampas <larry at larrysampas.com>
writes:
> Sorry to beat this into the ground, but I was taking pictures in 
> Union
> Station in 1996 and was asked to leave because I wasn't allowed to
> take photographs of the statues in the non-train part of Union
> Station. Ten years later, I learned I wasn't alone.
> 
> The reason this policy is news is because Amtrak has a long history 
> of
> arrests, harassment, and intimidation against photographers in such
> public areas as Union Station that pre-dates 9/11.

I've heard of gripes about being stopped in Union Station. Were these
Amtrak police, or were they part of the mall security force? I know ATK
plice will be out on the platform, but I thought that inside the
building, the mall cops were the ones stopping people with cameras.

What's up with downtown Silver Spring, by the way? Is it now "legal" to
stand on a public street and take a photograph?

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