Be carefull out there; man killed for taking a picture

[CannedHeat]

Be carefull out there, gang. A North Carolina man was killed in Hawaii for taking a picture. It's always best to try to "read" people in whatever environment you're working in. /Dan

http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/570839.html

[mrclark321]

That sucks :(

[jgogums]

Yeah...I started a thread this morning venting about the same story I read in my local paper (it happened on the island I live on). I never hit the 'submit' button as I just needed to process it a bit.
Human behavior rarely surprises me but that doesn't mean it doesn't pi$$ me off. A sad, sad story....my condolences to his family....

[Jon Foster]

When I see or hear about something like this my blood begins to boil. My son loves photography, it could have been him killed. Hopefully the guy who murdered him sits in a prison with some "close" friends forever.

Jon.

[Woolburr]

The young man that was killed is an Asheville native...the local media is really downplaying the whole thing. Don't know if there is more to the story than what shows in that article or not. Even so...nobody deserves to die for taking a picture.

[kckong]

Sad. My condolences to the family. Makes me think about privacy issues ... I mean here we are with our tools/toys looking for interesting faces & scenes & you won't know who you'll point your cam at, what mood he's in ...

[deadpass]

When I see or hear about something like this my blood begins to boil. My son loves photography, it could have been him killed. Hopefully the guy who murdered him sits in a prison with some "close" friends forever.

Jon.


unfortunately that most likely won't be the case. The guy that killed him was charged with manslaughter. It's possible he'll plead down to something even less and most likely only serve a few years at best.

[CannedHeat]

..the local media is really downplaying the whole thing. Don't know if there is more to the story than what shows in that article or not.

I saw this on the news in Greensboro last night. They addressed that point in the story. They said the story is being downplayed in Hawaii and Hawaiian officials have requested the same elsewhere because they don't want to hurt tourism, Hawaii's number one industry. The reporter said they don't want to tarnish Hawaii's image as a nice, peaceful place to visit. /Dan

[Sonic Infidel]

A while back, there was a man and his two children killed in a house fire nearby. I had to cover the story for the paper, and the family was really hostile. Some of them started mooning the (video) camera crew and eventually one of them started walking aggressively toward us in the press pack. I wasn't about to get assaulted for doing my job, so I booked.

It was a sad reminder to me that some people need more space than others.

[BeccaNH]

A while back, there was a man and his two children killed in a house fire nearby. I had to cover the story for the paper, and the family was really hostile. Some of them started mooning the (video) camera crew and eventually one of them started walking aggressively toward us in the press pack. I wasn't about to get assaulted for doing my job, so I booked.

It was a sad reminder to me that some people need more space than others.


I understand that photojournalists have a job to do, and that job is to photograph events that may be tragic to someone. But, on the other hand, I had a friend that was killed (along with his wife and in-laws) in a small plane crash. The photographs of the white tarps covering the bodies at the crash site haunted me for a long time (this was over 20 years ago). I can't even imagine what it did to his parents.

I can't say I would react in the same way the people you encountered did, but I can understand their reaction.

[Aquaman]

Regarding the OP, it is such a senseless crime. There are too many sad stories of people losing their lives or being hurt over trvial incidents (like taking a harmless picture, for example). Very sad.

[Woolburr]

I saw this on the news in Greensboro last night. They addressed that point in the story. They said the story is being downplayed in Hawaii and Hawaiian officials have requested the same elsewhere because they don't want to hurt tourism, Hawaii's number one industry. The reporter said they don't want to tarnish Hawaii's image as a nice, peaceful place to visit. /Dan

The TV news here didn't even give it that much notice. Only mention was a short blurb buried in the newspaper, along with the obit.