
So, this cop (or security guard?) wants to confiscate Mark’s camera because he was taking pictures of a train on fire at a train station. Maybe the train is carrying boxes of secret NSA recordings of phone calls by citizens ordering pizza and planning to take over the world.
Or it could be one of those situations where Mark’s video gets declared “evidence” of a possible crime, so the phone would be confiscated to obtain the imagery. Yet, the cop doesn’t sound like gathering evidence is high on his priorities list, given that any number of people at the station could also be taking pictures.
“But officer, I’m MARK TRAIL, nationally known nature journalist! I get paid to butt into other people’s business and take pictures. Surely, you’ve seen my adventure strip in the newspaper!? Maybe you read Teen Girl Sparkle? By the way, I’m not that guy wanted down in Florida for destroying private property, assault and battery, fleeing police, and polluting the river with diesel fuel. And you can even see I was—I mean—that other guy is drawn really differently! Uh, we’re not the droids you are looking for …?”
