According to an account published by the alleged victim of the attack, he was assaulted and arrested by a group of Miami, Florida cops because they did not appreciate him photographing an arrest of some other unrelated person.
This sort of thing seems to be happening with increased regularity in the USA, however there are times and places in the UK where it has become impossible to take photographs on public property without incurring the wrath of police.
The other day a WPC told me that I could not take photos at London’s Liverpool St. station because of unspecifiable “Terrorist Reasons”. Of course, that’s not in the same league as getting physically attacked by a gang of angry police, but it still shows that police in the UK are strongly opposed to any kind of citizen photography in a land overwhelmed by security cameras.
Update: Apparently this is one of the pre-attack photos.
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