This video was shot in February 2007 when a friend and I had nonchalantly filmed in the direction of a military gate--which was visible from the freeway. The gate is apparently not supposed to be filmed at, even if the camera is a few hundred yards away.A handful of military police confronted us immediately and insisted that the footage be handed over or that we erase it all in front of them. I chose to erase the footage, but in the meantime I caught some dialogue between my friend and one of the MPs.While I was recording over the footage of the gate, I filmed the MP's hands as he spoke to other bystanders on the sidewalk. The MPs were ordering everyone who had taken pictures in that direction to erase their pictures as well. The MPs had confiscated a young man's camera at the same time and were in the process of clearing his memory card. (And I was trying to catch this all on film.) But the MP became angry when he found out I was recording his actions. He threatened to confiscate the tape. I eventually convinced them I had erased every shred of the evidence on my camera, even though I still had the MPs voice on camera.We then approached two news anchors to ask them what they would have done in that situation. They told us that the MPs had no right to make us erase our own footage. They were shocked the MPs were making people erase all their legal footage and photographs. We were encourage never to fall for that.I won't, I promised myself. But exactly one month later,http://youtube.com/watch?v=DMDW4Fszj2Uthat happened.

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