When your Meth Lab BLOWS!....

Two men rescue three trapped in burning home after the Meth Lab inside explodes.

Colton California, Barton Road.

Please note the last shot in this story, (the ambulance with house up the hill in the distance) I added this intentionally so that you can see where the Colton Police Departments censorship squad forced myself and the other news media to go to, once they arrived on the scene.

If they had shown up earlier or if the uniforms on scene had taken more interest, as OFTEN happens, in what the news photographer is doing I would not have been able to get the interviews with the rescuers or shoot most of the video that effectively tells this story.

Denial of access equals censorship. The First Amendment must apply to the right to gather news and function on the streets of America without government/police interference as much as it applies to the right to publish and broadcast.

Freedom of speech and Freedom of the Press are laws, laws to be enforced. Not personal choices or options for those who wear badges.

News Photography is not a crime.

*Photographers Note:
Gentle Viewers and Others.... No one knew that this fire involved a "Meth Lab" The fire department dispatched the call as a structure fire with people trapped. If you listen carefully during the interview you will hear the men involved describe what they saw and how they responded as they passed the residence. Obviously they could not have known that there was a meth lab. Apparently what many of you would have had them do, was interview the persons trapped, and ask them that important question, which you seem to have your panties all in a bunch over, "Say, have you been cookin Meth in there? Cause if you been cookin Meth then I cant pull you out!"...."Yep I am just gonna stand here and watch you burn and listen to your screams!"

Please, Get A Grip......

Larry R. Erickson
Redlands, California
October 24, 2009

Category:

News & Politics

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• Photojournalism
• Exploding Meth Labs
• Inland
• Empire
• Colton
• larry
• r.
• erickson
• Spot
• News
• Rescues
• firefighting

[Bemasnubben]

not weed :]

[AKSKSMAN]

BIG surprise that they were Mexican lol

[MykeOkslong]

i don't care if his meth lab blew up

he better still clean my fucking pool tomorrow

goddamn mexicans

[SNORES13]

DAMNN G THATS FUCKING UP!!!..

[AggressiveAgnostic]

ive got plenty of past experience with that. haha. but that doesnt mean people should not take weed seriously. MODERATION FOLKS !!!

[ZelenyJA]

Hey that's like twenty minutes from me! I never heard of this happening!

[sprokiejd]

i think this guy is lying, redneck!! But what would I know, I am not american (Thank god)..

[Tyreso13545]

Tobaco is more dangerous than weed is. Pretty funny, so people.. Keep on smoking weed!

[embriodead]

I LOVE DRUGS!!!

SHIT IS THE BEST!

[2windy2]

just smoke weed instead of meth you dumb fucks

[JK872]

Fuck meth smoke weed!