Weirdo taking pictures!

muddin38yota

muddin38yota

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My girlfriend was in walgreens the other day and 70 year old guy was taking pictures of her when her head was turned, she confronted him about and he started yelling at her and ran out the store. The guy goes to the store so often that the people that work there know his name, and said he's been kicked out of the store before.. for taking pictures of other girls. When I found out what happened I was mad as hell... looked up his name in the phone book and went to his house, when he came to the door and I confronted him about what he did he started yellin and said get the f**k off his property.

What can I do? I need info on him,... is he a sex offender, been in jail?.. should I try to fial a police report? It is unsetteling that he has a picture of my gf... no tellin what he is doing with it.
 
It's not illegal to take photographs of people.
 
I think we need a picture of her to determine his motives.. :D

I know the sex offender registry is public record.. I don't know the link, sorry.
 
saf-t scissors said:
It's not illegal to take photographs of people.
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It is if they're in/on private property (ie - a store or house) and have not agreed to have their photos taken.



Muddin... The store she was in should have already acted if he's done this before. You should talk to the store's manager first, and shouldn't have gone to his house.
 
was his name Sy Parrish?

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saf-t scissors said:
It's not illegal to take photographs of people.
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Let someone take a picture of your girlfriend/wife without her consent, and then run out on the store! And then tell me how you feel on the subject!!!!
 
...Not pissed off enough to actually go to the guys house. Sorry, but big fucking deal..he took a picture of your girlfriend..fully clothed.. buying food. Let it go.
 
im gonna go with braxton on this one.

sure it may upset you, but then again, she is your gf, think of it as a compliment

if you are still wanting to do something about it, follow up with the store in which it happened, you say they know his name, and im assuming you do as well now, involve the police and let them know everything that happened and that this is not the first time

staying calm and determined will get you a lot further than tryin to beat someone up
 
kilby said:
It is if they're in/on private property (ie - a store or house) and have not agreed to have their photos taken.
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No, that's only a qualification for trespassing and invasion of privacy by the property owner. The physical location of the subject is irrelevant. If it were, paparazzi would be out of business.

It's a question of having a reasonable expectation of privacy.
 
yeah, really... you're going to be the one in legal trouble if you go to his house or confront him anymore. he could have called the cops on you for trespassing.
 
braxton357 said:
Sorry, but big fucking deal..he took a picture of your girlfriend..fully clothed.. buying food. Let it go.
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Yes it is a BIG F**KING DEAL. If you had a girlfriend and cared anything about her that is..... Oh but wait your probally one of those kids that don't have a girlfriend & sit on the internet all day looking up porn sites and getting of on them. :flipoff2:
 
Exactly!



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I just don't flip out at the most trivial bullshit. All of my girlfriends have been mature enough not to need babysitting.
 
saf-t scissors said:
The physical location of the subject is irrelevant. If it were, paparazzi would be out of business.
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The physical location of the subject is relevant. IF they can be seen from public... they're fair game. For example, if a photographer is standing on a public street he can shoot whatever he wants that can be seen from that location. Once he enters the private store though, he's at the mercy of the property owner who, in this case has already said no or so I gather.

I'm not saying they DON'T do it, but paparazzi can not legally photograph anyone that can't be viewed from a public location. Because of their frequent mistreatment of subjects and laws, they also are not held in very high esteem among most professional photographers' groups. As a group, they aren't really good to use as an example.

You're right, there isn't expectation of privacy in public locations... streets, beaches, cafes (all the typical celeb. shots you see). But inside stores and buildings it is another ballgame. You'll frequently notice signs that say "This store is under video surveillance" or something. That's not only for theives. Because privacy is "expected" there it alerts people going into the store, that the property owners are taking their pictures... NOT some 70 year old wierdo who has a thing chicks buying stuff.

No photog can go into a store without consent and start shooting pics of patrons. Heck, you can't even shoot merchandise without consent. Whether it's tresspassing, right-to-privacy, or anti photo laws is semantics. The effect is the same. The dude is breaking the law by photographing people in the store.
 
If you were really concierned about things you'd have smacked the guy and we'd be reading about how the cops let you off becasue you grew a set and let him have it...

But instead your exercising your right to free speech and crying about it on the internet...

I'd be more worried about hte fact that you have admitied to looking up his name/address and went to his house and verbally assalted him.. Sounds like he has a good start for a stalking case...
 
kilby said:
The dude is breaking the law by photographing people in the store.
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Thank you kilby, I'm glad someone sees my point of view!
 
yager said:
If you were really concierned about things you'd have smacked the guy and we'd be reading about how the cops let you off becasue you grew a set and let him have it...
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First... I already have a set, I'm just not that stupid to go to jail. Assault on his own property, yeah that would have went over really well.

Second.... I'm not crying about anything, I simply asked for some info and I'm suddenly getting all kind of flack.

Third... I'm pretty sure he already knows I looked him up, I mean I was on his door step, He didn't do anything cause he knew he was in the wrong for taking those pictures, thats why he started yelling and cussing at me.....Guilty.
 
kilby said:
in this case has already said no or so I gather
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If the manager has told him no, then I see your point.

It's still fawking :gay: to get all mad about somebody taking your photo, tho.
 
braxton357 said:
All of my girlfriends have been mature enough not to need babysitting.
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You just don,t have the kahunas to take care of your girl... if say a problem should happen to arise, you would just tell her take care of it herself I'm not "Babysitting" you.
 
im gonna have to comment on this one... awhile ago when i was with my exgirlfriend at the time... we were at a car show... well these guys from dropjawmag were following us and i thought they were taking pictures of her... well i get home from the show and when the site was updated... yep... they were... the only thing that bothered me was that they were cropping me out of the pic... i was like wtf.... that doesnt look obvious pervs... so i told them to take it off and they did... but now when i think back that is just people being jealous and envious of what you have... they like what they see so much they wanna look at it down the road... just like why they take pics of other peoples rigs... but 99% of men that take pics of girls... dont ever do anything with them and if it is a digital camera... they just delete them... proven fact... <---psychology class... forgot the topic... but for all you know maybe your girl looked like his grand daughter and thought he would take her pic and show to his wife because it shocked him so much or something like that... dont let it get to you... just forget about it or you will just get worked up for nothing... like i said i regret caring so much because now i love when people look over at my girl driving her lifted cj... i think its funny
 
muddin38yota said:
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You just don,t have the kahunas to take care of your girl... if say a problem should happen to arise, you would just tell her take care of it herself I'm not "Babysitting" you.
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I guess I'm just no internet tough-guy.. :( Some guy telling me that my girlfriend is hot or taking her picture just doesn't really affect me at all. Should I get all pissed off and follow the guy to his car so that he can yell at me next time :confused: What about if she doesn't pay her phone bill and bellsouth cuts her off? Should I track them down and threaten them?
 
kilby said:
Muddin, yes, I see your point. BUT you didn't do the right thing IMHO by confronting him at his house. Think, "PROPER CHANNELS". ;)
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Yes I do think your right, when your in a fit of anger you do things with haste, and don't think first. Thus possibly getting yourself in trouble!!
 
how funny would it have been if he got the cops there after kickin your ass and said you were trying to harm him. i am sure they would belive him since you did look him up, go to his house, and confront him. hahaha that would have been hillarious....
dont do dumb shit like that, u may just have more to lose then u think.
 
If that had happened to me, I'd definitely be creeped out and probably not go back to that store. More power to your gf for having the presence of mind to confront him AND complain to the store.

Something similar happened to me when I was yelled at by a homeless guy (probably turrets syndrome) on the street. I was 21 and just kept walking, realizing he couldn't really help his behavior, but it scared me a little.

Sounds like you realize your hasty action could've gotten you in big trouble. So I don't understand why you're taking it so hard when other people tell you so. You got links to the sex offender site and reasonable legal info, and some common-damn-sense info. Implying that they're pervs who can't get girlfriends? Sounds to me like your gf can handle herself fine, you're the one needing to prove something.
 
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