I've never been officially busted by security or the police, but I have had a number of people question me on why I was taking pictures regardless of whether I was shooting in their direction or not, and on three occasions I've had people attempt to stop me from shooting at something that was completely unrelated to them. These are people with no lives. Never once has it ever occurred to me to question, much less prevent someone from taking a photo of something on the street.
You should have stood your ground. No one can force you to delete photos you've taken, and private security has absolutely no authority over you.
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Originally Posted by canada1
You are correct unless they have asked you to stop taking thier picture at which time if you continue taking thier picture then you are breaking the law.
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Wrong. If they are in public there is no law that forbids you from taking pictures even if the subject complains. If you follow them while taking pictures, after they've complained, then that is a whole other story.