I was talking with Steph about the Greyhound business. She did some research and helped me find a bunch of links to other bloggers, legal documents, and the Greyhound Media Protocol. Apparently I’m not the only one being harassed. A quick tour of the blogosphere shows that a large number of photographers are also being tormented by security personnel all over the country. Here is a link to the Greyhound media protocol document www.greyhound.com/company/media/mediaprotocol.doc
which specifies what you can and can’t take pictures of, according to their rules. The document does not restrict any photography of publicly accessible areas, which is what I was taking pictures of.

Thomas Hawk was harassed for taking pictures from the street of One Bush Place. A security guard attempted to physically block him from taking pictures, and threatened that he had called the police.

Gerald, over at Baltimore Inner Space was also harassed at a Greyhound station by MTA transit officials, who told him to delete his pictures, show them ID, and tell them his life story.

Anyone else who has had trouble with this kind of a thing, KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, and fight them to keep control of what you photograph. I deleted my pictures because I didn’t have a clear understanding of my rights, don’t let this happen to you too.