Jury clears former Galveston photographer
May 16, 2008 - By: Harvey Rice - From: Houston Chronicle
A six-member jury on Wednesday acquitted photographer Nick Adams on charges he interfered with police while photographing an arrest during Mardi Gras on Feb. 10, 2007, said Anthony Griffin, hired by the Daily News to represent Adams.
Adams was hurled to the ground, and both of his $4,000 cameras were damaged.
“It’s a victory for the First Amendment,” Daily News Editor Heber Taylor said. “We just cannot understand why the photographs that were taken that would have shown Nick’s relationship to that police line … disappeared and why those were the only images that disappeared.”
Taylor said the newspaper was not asking for special consideration, but defending the right of anyone to take photographs in a public place.
No Comments »