Day 1: Get hauled off by Liberian police for taking photos

David Trotman-Wilkins, (center/back row), makes peace still can smile after being forced by Liberian police to erase two photographs he took of the new U.S. Embassy in Monrovia.

David Trotman-Wilkins, (center/back row), still can smile after being forced by Liberian police to erase two photographs he took of the new U.S. Embassy in Monrovia. Over my career, soldiers and police have confiscated my film and digital images in Cuba, Honduras, Armenia, Malawi and Uganda. But this last time when we arrived here, it was David Trotman-Wilkins who inadvertently broke the law. His transgression? Taking two photos of the currently under construction U.S. Embassy. Here's what … [Read more...]