According to Park Police, the Lincoln Memorial is "commonly used by individuals engaged in voyeuristic activity"
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Sep 6 '13, 08:29
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Man accused of taking inappropriate photos of women at Lincoln Memorial
By Justin Jouvenal, Published: September 5
The Lincoln Memorial has drawn presidents, civil rights leaders and tourists for generations, but a recent arrest has revealed that it also can be a magnet for a less savory category of visitor: voyeurs.
U.S. Park Police have charged a Springfield man after he allegedly used a camera with a telephoto lens to shoot “upskirt” photos of women sitting on the famous steps leading up to the memorial.
Park Police said the popular vantage point and site of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech is “commonly used by individuals engaged in voyeuristic activity,” according to a search warrant affidavit filed in the case in Fairfax County Circuit Court.
Christopher Hunt Cleveland was arrested June 19 after an officer observed him snapping photos near the steps of the memorial, according to the search warrant. He appeared to be photographing women seated above him on the steps. Some of the women were wearing dresses.
Cleveland then walked to the Reflecting Pool, where the officer saw him shooting photos of women seated on steps there, according to the warrant. The officer became convinced that he was taking upskirt shots.
- Oh my (www.washingtonpost.com)
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