Just Say “No” to Freedom
From the Montgomery County Sentinel:
A picture is worth 1,000 words, unless one of them is “No.”
The Rockville Town Square management company may enforce a policy similar to that in the Silver Spring Town Center. Two weeks ago, a security officer there stopped a man from taking pictures of that area’s open-air shops and restaurants even though the pictures were for his own recreational use.
“If you can’t take pictures, you can’t do a lot of other things like assemble, protest or run for office, or do other core, American values,” said Chip Py, the amateur photographer who was stopped by Silver Spring Town Center security guards as he was taking pictures of the town center’s landscape. “These are all basic, First Amendment rights.”
This is alarming. I’m curious as to what (if any) the legal basis would be for banning photography. Are the management companies asserting that then entire square is a place of public accomodation in their charge?