This is getting bloody ridiculous!<\/p>\n
Here is the latest example of policemen, using law in a silly way. Sometime this is done thoughtlessly, sometimes it is done with the agenda of what some of us have taken to call “Media Management”.<\/p>\n
At the end of this latest report, I have included a great pile of links, that i’ve just scared up in less that five mins, from my bookmarks. I have hundreds like this!<\/p>\n
It is for this reason, that I’ve been pressuring the NUJ and various police forces, to adopt what have become know as the “Staffordshire Guidelines” [with ammendments], to clue police officers and photographers as to what each can reasonable do, in this country now.<\/p>\n
Years go by, meeting are being had, apparently. But things remain the same.<\/p>\n
******<\/p>\n
Terror laws used on photographer
\nSunday, 1 May, 2005, 13:41 GMT 14:41 UK<\/p>\n
http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/england\/london\/4503711.stm<\/a><\/p>\n A freelance photographer has said he was stopped and searched under anti-terrorism laws after taking pictures of the Houses of Parliament. Civil liberties campaigners said it shows anti-terrorism powers are being used to intimidate the public.<\/p>\n People may be asked to move as part of security patrols, Scotland Yard said.<\/p>\n Mr White has written a letter of complaint about the matter to the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair.<\/p>\n Police powers<\/p>\n He said: “I was taking a few shots of the Houses of Parliament from the Albert Embankment on the other side of the Thames.”<\/p>\n “I asked four officers if I could photograph them in front of the Houses of Parliament, but they said ‘No, we’re on anti-terrorist duty’.”<\/p>\n He said as he walked away and took a few more shots one of the officers walked up to him and said “I want to search you under suspicion of being a terrorist”.<\/p>\n Mr White said the officer cited Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, which gives police powers to stop and search anyone if they suspect them of being involved in terrorism.<\/p>\n Shami Chakrabarti, director of civil rights group Liberty, said the act was “overly-broad” and one of the worst examples of “blank cheque” police powers.<\/p>\n *********<\/p>\n some previous examples<\/p>\n Terrorism fear derails train-spotters Redeye – Terrorism Act affects photographers [Heysham Port] An encounter with the police, again [what are you taking pictures of then Photography, Security and Jumpin Jaks 16May04 Guardian – Keep power and sewage plants secret, media told Ladders and Shadows, Colwick Oil Instalation Police own up to snappers\u2019 wrongful arrest Police Harrasment & Censorship Obstruct Reporting – Paul Stewart pdf [page12] BJP – Crash Scene Report [Berkshire Train Crash] Photo-Journalist ‘Hassle’ list A Right to Report? But onwards, with a smile! This is getting bloody ridiculous! Here is the latest example of policemen, using law in a silly way. Sometime this is done thoughtlessly, sometimes it is done with the agenda of what some of us have taken to call “Media … Continue reading
\nLawrence White, from Notting Hill, west London, was told to move on or face arrest after the police officers searched his pockets and camera bag.<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/uk\/2943304.stm<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.redeye.org.uk\/redeye\/newsdetail.asp?uvarNewsid=95<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/tashcamuk.fotopages.com\/?entry=3902<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/tashcamuk.fotopages.com\/?entry=110150<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/terrorism\/story\/0,12780,1312489,00.html<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/tashcamuk.fotopages.com\/?entry=228563<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/media.gn.apc.org\/fl\/0201r2r.html<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.ioj.co.uk\/documents\/Journal10.pdf<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/db.riskwaters.com\/public\/showPage.html?page=201186
\nhttp:\/\/db.riskwaters.com\/public\/showPage.html?page=199377<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/tash.gn.apc.org\/journo_hassle.htm<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/media.gn.apc.org\/fl\/r2r.html<\/p>\n
\n[but with ever gritted teeth]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"