CONGRESSMAN CALLS POLICE ON UNWANTED CAMERAMAN

Associated Press
Aug 6 2008

U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, holding an election-eve news conference,
called police to get a man with a video camera removed from his
home Wednesday.

The cameraman identified himself as Peter Musurlian of Glendale,
Calif. He said he worked for an Armenian-American group angry with
Cohen’s opposition to a House resolution labeling the killing of
Armenians in World War I as genocide.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee passed the nonbinding resolution
last year despite arguments it would anger Turkey, which allows
U.S. military shipments headed for Iraq to cross its borders.

Cohen held a brief media availability at his house prior to Thursday’s
Democratic Primary.

When Musurlian showed up, Cohen pushed him out the front door and
called police. He said the cameraman had followed him for several days,
interrupting his meetings with constituents and shining bright lights
in his face.

Police talked with Musurlian across the street from Cohen’s residence
and sent him on his way.

Musurlian said his group was supporting Cohen’s main re-election
opponent, Memphis lawyer Nikki Tinker.