Comments on: Banned for Life from the Miami-Dade Metrorail

By: jimSmith

jimSmith — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:09:46 +0000

great job guys…. this shows that the average cop is nothing but a common thug that has been given great powers, but without the responsibility that comes with it. You would think that with the crime rate and insurance fraud(Miami on of highest in the nation) they would have more important things to do; however, keep in mind that if you would have been alone or without a camera things would have been completely different… you probably would have been arrested in a second

By: Stretch Ledford

Stretch Ledford — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:20:40 +0000

Greetings, all. I have posted an update to the Miami-Dade Metro situation here: http://stretchphotography.com/blog/?p=399

Read it. Tweet it. Live it.

Thanks.

By: Stretch Ledford

Stretch Ledford — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:03:53 +0000

Hi, Tomas. I’ve been out of the country, but Carlos Miller has continued to press this issue in Miami. See his latest report here, and thanks for your interest: http://carlosmiller.com/2010/08/09/photo-protest-at-miami-dade-metrorail-a-rousing-success/

By: Tomas

Tomas — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:19:42 +0000

I will love to know the outcome of this, Guys, did you sue the Miami Dade, the security company?

By: Photo protest against Miami-Dade Metrorail is on

Photo protest against Miami-Dade Metrorail is on — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:08:02 +0000

[...] people in charge, but the point of this protest is to show them that this is not just about me or Stretch Ledford, who along with me was “banned for life” from the Metrorail for taking photos, but [...]

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:54:47 +0000

Mikes July 14th post sums it up but to take it further, the whole point of these clowns project was to provoke. People take photos all day long on the Metrorail without incident.

When you stand arround the station in a group with professional equipment, the guards will take notice and inquire. It is not till then that these band of monkeys provoke the guards and then threaten to enter the Metrorail to perform questionable activities.

Rather than wasting everyone’s time they should tour the stations to see that all the tourists are getting all the shots they want and need without incident.

Stop this stupidity of playing with the guards and do something useful!!!!!

By: Mikko

Mikko — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:25:00 +0000

@Sam i see that you are using the old terrorist card

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:27:24 +0000

You are truly a defender of American’s rights. And by that I mean God you are a loser. Are you really serving a purpose here? Is the biggest problem facing America our lack of photographic ability at train stations? Let’s wait for a family member of yours to be killed in a terrorist attack and see how you feel about the importance of security measures.

By: Kyle Healy

Kyle Healy — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:01:21 +0000

Here is a very interesting article from a town in England. This 16 year old freelance photographer was frogmarched and push down some steps after taking photos of a military parade!! The 16 year old stood up for himself well!

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Photographer_in_police_picture_ban_sparks_Met_probe_update_945am_news_299627.html

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:51:57 +0000

Wow, that is something. I hope you are able to ride again in the future. I am an armature when it comes to photography. I remember when my home town river was rising and some flood waters were appearing around. And I decided to take some historical pictures of the event. One of the officers of the town saw me and asked a few questions. I answered them and he let me continue on. At the time it was an Sony Alpha 100. Only reason I got that was because it was compatible with the Minolta zoom lenses that I had. I don’t do commercial, nor any other. Just a hobby that I enjoy.