Thomas Hawk Shoots a Fake Cop

I Was Assaulted By This Man Who Identified Himself as a Police Officer and Refused to Provide Me Identification, Photography is Not a Crime

Photographing architecture is not a crime. Impersonating a police officer is. Yesterday my friend Thomas Hawk and a couple of other photographers who were out on a architectural photo shoot in San Francisco and had a bizarre run-in at 45 Fremont Street with a guy pretending to be a cop, who then ended up assulting Thomas. The fake cop refused to provide any form of identification. Here’s the full story.

Give ’em hell Thomas!

photo by Thomas Hawk

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Threads and sharing photos on Instagram.