This country is getting crazy (and scary). Police in Chelsea, MA forced a photographer to delete photos he took in a public park because he did not get prior permission. What the hell kind of police state are we running here?

BTW, this is from the Photography is not a Crime website, which is full of stories showing that this type of law enforcement misbehavior is not at all uncommon.

You might also want to take a look at this:

In what should send a frightening chill down the spine of every blogger, writer, journalist and First Amendment advocate in the United States, Phoenix police raided the home of a blogger who has been highly critical of the department.

Jeff Pataky, who runs Bad Phoenix Cops, said the officers confiscated three computers, routers, modems, hard drives, memory cards and everything necessary to continue blogging.

The 41-year-old software engineer said they also confiscated numerous personal files and documents relating to a pending lawsuit he has against the department alleging harassment – which he says makes it obvious the raid was an act of retaliation.