Court: Cops had right to restrict news photographer

An Oakland Tribune photographer had no more right than any other citizen to stop his car on the freeway to take pictures of an accident, a federal appeals court ruled.

The photographer, Ray Chavez, sued after police handcuffed him for refusing to leave the accident scene on Interstate 880 in Oakland. His lawyer argued that the court had misinterpreted the evidence and that Chavez was arrested for taking pictures of the wreck, which he had witnessed, not for refusing orders to leave.

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