From: Daily Star
By Paul Detrick
In October 2009, Shawn Nee, an
award-winning photographer, was stopped by officers from the Los
Angeles County Sheriff’s Department while taking pictures of
turnstiles in the L.A. subway. According to the officers, Nee was
engaged in “suspicious terrorist activity.”
“I want to know if you are in cahoots
with Al-Qaeda to sell these pictures to them for a terrorist
purpose,” LASD Deputy Richard Gylfie told Nee, according to footage
shot by a body camera Nee wears while working. Gylfie and his
partner, Deputy Roberto Bayes, held Nee’s hands behind his back,
searched his pockets and conducted a check to see if there were any
outstanding warrants for his arrest. At one point the footage shows
Gylfie telling Nee he would put him on “the FBI’s hit list” if
he didn’t answer his questions.
“On one level, you’re thinking, is
this really happening?” Nee says.
“On another level, you’re thinking,
this shouldn’t be happening.”
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