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Jem Cohen: Terrorist

Sure, we've read about cops going after photographers and filmmakers for shooting in public spaces, but little did we know they had captured one of our own. Documentarian Jem Cohen contributed part of his film Chain to our Illegal Art Exhibit and made the New York premiere of his Fugazi documentary a benefit on our behalf. Now he's being hassled by the Man. From Eyeteeth:

This January, Cohen was using his hand-wound 16mm Bolex to film passing scenes out a train window en route from NYC to DC, something he's done for 15 years. After an Amtrak ticket-taker asked him to stop filming, he was met by four armed police officers at a stop in Philadelphia; they confiscated his film. When he arrived in Washington DC, he was confronted by FBI and Homeland Security officers who questioned his motives and credentials.

And he has yet to get his film back. More here.