Police Policy on 'No Apparent Esthetic Value" Creates Concern Over Photographer's Rights

We’ve been on something of a crime bent all morning, so we’re going to keep the ball rolling in that direction. Hot off the heals of Grant Smith‘s protest for photographers’ rights back in May, and an increasingly heightened awareness of potential civil liberty issues over the harassment of photographers by government officials, the Long Beach Police Department has recently become the center of attention in this particular fight. Following a rather tame incident in the city in late June, wherein a photographer was questioned by a police officer over taking photos of an oil refinery, the Long Beach Post reports