Already posted this on NYC Aviation:
http://nycaviation.com/forum/threads/46811-Well-didn-t-think-that-hobby-can-be-so-dangerous
Today I drove to Bayswaters Park a little after noon...no one else was there...later, some other airplane spotter came...we didn't talk...I was taking photos and videos...Another guy was taking photos of aircrafts as well...So, he left, and I was alone...about 4pm..or so...I saw that Aero Mexico was taxiing for take-off and deceided to wait for...
Next thing, I see a couple police officers coming right at me and asking: "what are doing here"...
Me: "I'm taking photos of airplanes"...I must looked very suspicious, my Radio Shack scanner was next to me...
Blah, blah, blah...they took me outside park, there were 2 police cars with lights flashing..another guy, who was at park taking photos, was there already questioned by police...
We been held on Mott Ave for another 1/2 hour while one police officer was on the phone...
After...me and another guy were hand-cuffed, and taken in 101 precint, that's on same Mott Ave...
After some waiting and some questioning, police officers did apologize and drove us to our parked cars next to Bayswater Park...
I'm sure, I'll remember that old-fart paranoid guy with a wife and a dog...who did call police because of his sickness - paranoia...
Next time I'm @ Baywaters and I see that same guy...I might call police - guy need medical attention...
Detectives and other police officers were very nice to us, except, little policemen - one police woman was so dumb, she was telling that taking pictures of aircrafts - against Federal Law....
When I told her: "I heard, that LAX - Los Angeles Airport has a deck for aircraft spotters", She told me: "well, Los Angeles isn't New Your..." Then...I told her: "What do you now about FEDERAL LAWS?...If it's in NYC against "The Federal Law", it's NOT against in LA ...