NBC News Crew Threatened with Arrest for Filming National Park

Free Thought Project ^

[TigerClaws]

Mark Mulholland, a reporter from NewsChannel 13 and camera man Matt Soriano were threatened with arrest by a corrections lieutenant on Thursday, July 24, simply for having an empty prison inadvertently in the background of a report.

Mulholland was on the grounds working on a story about Grant’s Cottage- the site where President Ulysses S. Grant died- for the 129th anniversary of Grant’s death. The cottage happens to be on the grounds of the now closed prison, which had already been empty for three months.

Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/correctional-guards-empty-prison-interfere-reporter-steal-footage/#0jewSOYz9TWg4tf5.99

[TexasGator]

“These Jail Thugs never Quit...an empty Jail?..”

Not quite empty. Seventy-six employees work there.

[Resettozero]

We are looking more like the old Soviet Union every day.

And for many many days. Many folks seem oblivious.

[ETL 2]

FWIW, Grant's tomb in the 1970s...

http://www.grantstomb.org/tdr2.html

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Grant's tomb today...

[I want the USA back]

It the soviet union, tourists were forbidden to take pictures of certain things, or be arrested. The USA is rapidly becoming like the soviet union.

[ETL 2]

"Mulholland was on the grounds working on a story about Grant’s Cottage- the site where President Ulysses S. Grant died- for the 129th anniversary of Grant’s death. The cottage happens to be on the grounds of the now closed prison, which had already been empty for three months. "

I just happened to pass by Grant's Tomb on the upper west side of Manhattan yesterday and was recalling how it used to look in the 70s. That is why I posted the before & after pics.

[ETL 2]

The USA is rapidly becoming like the soviet union.

If it were up to Comrade Obama and KGB Putin the entire world would be one bg soviet union.

[Prospero]

I don't think anyone need be mixed on this one. It is delightful to see "one of the most respected news people in the region" hounded for "unauthorized filming" of establishing shots around Grant Cottage, on the grounds of "Camp Walkaway" (Not to mention the head of the NY Associated Press).

At the same time, this is damn unusual. Is it just a case of an over-zealous redundant and disgruntled corrections officer enforcing dated security? And who were the others filming there? The Crew from "The Walking Dead?"

There's a simple answer, but with Mad Cuomo "runnin' things" and with his fur up, this is the kind of controlling, or "monitoring" behavior that rubs the wrong way really, really badly.

The reporter/newsreader is clearly a nicer guy than me. Let's just say the corrections officer would have needed to back things up in a real hurry, citing statutes, and not just "Albany."

Are there suddenly no longer any critical needs for prison space in New York? Somehow, I doubt it.

Does anyone have any idea what the real story is, other than sarcastic speculation?

The most obvious answer, with "private security" suddenly in place, is detention of illegals.

[MeshugeMikey]

I may need to do a bit of research as to the size of the “empty” prison..but given the current situation re the Illegal Invasion of our once Great Nation Id bet that the Grand Re-Opening of the facility as a giant Holding Cell will not be announced to the public.

[DesertRhino]

This is everywhere now. Is it a actually a criminal statute that one may not take a photo of a federal building?

[trisham]

"Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish?
Nothing else."

~Epictetus

God bless this site, this Free Republic.
Please click the pic

[RinaseaofDs]

They irony is lost on the press. They don’t see themselves as responsible. No one raindrop blames itself for the flood.

[areukiddingme1]

“Or a pretrial detention center for terrorists?”

Or, American Veteran’s, Patriot’s, and 2nd Amendment supporters — Got to teach us a lesson.

[CyberAnt]

It leaves people asking .. WHO LET THE DOGS OUT ..?????

[oh8eleven]

was recalling how it used to look in the 70s. That is why I posted the before & after pics.
Don't lose the links to those 70s pictures. De Blasio and Sharpton will have Grant's Tomb looking "retro" soon enough.

[Moonman62]

Not bad for a man who was a clerk in his Father’s store when the Civil War began.

[CyberAnt]

My only “speculation” is .. they might be planning to house the GITMO people there .. since the left has always wanted these killers to be on US soil. And .. Obama has always wanted GITMO closed.

And .. we have the illustrious Senator Schumer who would most likely be the person who Obama would use to get that done.

And .. I’m a native New Yorker .. and I’m really disgusted with the tactics and antics of Schumer.

[RckyRaCoCo]

bfl

[luvbach1]

It [sic] the soviet union, tourists were forbidden to take pictures of certain things, or be arrested. The USA is rapidly becoming like the soviet union.

I was in Saint Petersburg, Russia in October 1996 (after the fall of communism). I was intecepted by police when I attempted to take photos in the subway. I can only guess it was because it had been used as an air raid shelter in WWII.

[ETL 2]

Don't lose the links to those 70s pictures. De Blasio and Sharpton will have Grant's Tomb looking "retro" soon enough.

Lol! You're probably right.

[squeegee boy]

New York state has a deal with corrections worker unions and other statie unions that they permanently close facilities gradually, to give employees time to transfer or find new work. Most closed state facilities have employees working there at full pay and receiving full retirement benefits for up to and sometimes beyond a full year. NY has closed several upstate corrections and special needs facilities (OD Heck in Schenectady comes to mind) in the last several years to save $$ but they don’t tell the other half of the story. That the closed facility continues to cost taxpayers millions in upkeep and payroll costs long after the doors are locked.