Light Rail Derails, Police Confuse JC With Soviet Union

JC Register posts a photo of derailed light rail train which solicited a grand response from Jersey City emergency personnel. More interesting though is the police reaction to a citizen journalist with a camera:

An officer at the scene asked me who I work for and then the individual told that me it was not legal for me to take photographs. I was also informed (the person assumed I was a member of the press) that “you know why and you should know better”.

In fact, photographers can snap photos from public streets. Back in 2005, NJ Transit decided to ban photography of their equipment and facilities. However, since NJ Transit is not a legislative body, their regulations are limited to NJ Transit property. Jersey City's public streets are not governed by NJ Transit regulations.