News Crew Booted From State Property for Filming Outside Empty Prison. Now, People Are Wondering Just What Is Going on There.
A news crew in Albany, New York, was filming for a seemingly innocuous report about a historical site and just so happened to have a recently closed correctional facility in its background. What happened next had the reporter, videographer and others wondering what the big deal was.
WNYT-TV was on Mount McGregor filming near an empty correctional facility Thursday for a story about Grant Cottage, which is where President Ulysses S. Grant died of throat cancer 129 years ago.
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When the reporter and his colleagues were leaving, they were met by state police, who demanded they turn over the footage they had taken.
“If I’m a member of the public and I’m taking pictures of Grant’s Cottage and there’s the facility right behind it, what would you do with it?” Mulholland asked.
He was told that if they knew the facility was in the background, those photos would be confiscated.
A news crew in Albany, New York, was filming for a seemingly innocuous report about a historical site and just so happened to have a recently closed correctional facility in its background. What happened next had the reporter, videographer and others wondering what the big deal was.
WNYT-TV was on Mount McGregor filming near an empty correctional facility Thursday for a story about Grant Cottage, which is where President Ulysses S. Grant died of throat cancer 129 years ago.
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When the reporter and his colleagues were leaving, they were met by state police, who demanded they turn over the footage they had taken.
“If I’m a member of the public and I’m taking pictures of Grant’s Cottage and there’s the facility right behind it, what would you do with it?” Mulholland asked.
He was told that if they knew the facility was in the background, those photos would be confiscated.
