Pa. College Journalist Arrested while Photographing Traffic Stop | SPLC
Philadelphia Police Department policy urges police to expect and accept that they will be photographed while on duty.
“As such,” the policy reads, “police personnel shall not interfere with any member of the general public or individuals temporarily detained from photographing, videotaping or audibly recording police personnel while conducting official business or while engaging in an official capacity in any public space.”
Temple professor Ed Trayes, whose class Van Kuyk was taking the photos for, said this is the worst case of a student photojournalist arrest he’s seen in 50 years of teaching.
“I can’t think right now of another time when (an arrest) resulted in physical injury,” he said.
