First Amendment mob of photogs hit Silver Spring on July 4

Jordan sez, "The DC Rights Flickr group made good on its promise to stand up for photographers' rights in Silver Spring, Maryland.
On 4th of July, over 100 photogs descended on the street, whose part-owners, the Peterson Company, have declared it a no-snapping zone without legal backing.
The Peterson Company had recently backpedaled in a bid to diffuse the situation and protect their image (the very thing the company was trying to do by banning photography in the first place), but the citizenry was not appeased... (Continued at boingboing)