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Amtrak Holds Train Photography Contest, Then Arrests Man for… You Guessed It!

Source: Dvorak Uncensored

Jan 04, 2009

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Armed with his Canon 5D and his new Lensbaby lens, photographer Duane Kerzic set out to win Amtrak’s annual photo contest this week, hoping to win $1,000 in travel vouchers and have his photo published in Amtrak’s annual calendar. He ended up getting arrested by Amtrak police; handcuffed to a wall in a holding cell inside New York City’s Penn Station, accused of criminal trespass. Kerzic says he was hardly trespassing because he was taking photos from the train platform; the same one used by thousands of commuters everyday to step on and off the train.

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Toydriver,

Jan 05, 2009

I lot of times it's 'tude problem. The cop might be wrong but if you give him too much guff he may remind you he is the one with the cuffs and he will be going home tonight, and you're not. Me, I would have had the common sense to carry a copy of the contest with me.