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I live in Shelby County (just outside Memphis) and got to experience this first hand 2 years ago. I was taking photographs outside an industrial plant here and was detained by the police. They took my camera, which I didn't get back for some time. I couldn't even get a response from our police department until I got Congressman Harold Ford's office involved.
About two weeks later an FBI and Coast Guard Special Investigative Service agent showed up at my house to interview me. They seemed mildly annoyed at the inconvenience. Maybe they were great actors, but it seemed like they knew they were wasting their time but had to follow procedure.
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