He's not being a dick, why should he give his name when he's not doing anything wrong, only to end up on a police data base. This is just another case of police/security guards using section 43 to harass an ordinary photographer going about his business, f**king makes my blood boil. I am a pro photographer and encounter these idiots on a weekly basis.
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He's not being a dick, why should he give his name when he's not doing anything wrong, only to end up on a police data base. This is just another case of police/security guards using section 43 to harass an ordinary photographer going about his business, f**king makes my blood boil. I am a pro photographer and encounter these idiots on a weekly basis.
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
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Of course it matters.
Whilst the off-duty civilian employee had every right to ask him who he was and what he was doing, he had every right to tell her to mind her own business. The police who got involved should have know how section 43 should be applied with regard to "reasonable grounds to suspect".
this with bells on
Lord Bracknell
On fire
There are very good reasons why "being from the BBC" (or whatever) shouldn't mean that you run the risk of arrest and having your expensive camera equipment confiscated. Particularly when the process is initiated by someone who has no power whatsoever to question the individual.
And one further, albeit minor point, does anybody really imagine that a terrorist would use the sort of equipment that a professional photographer lugs around when going about his business?
This again with bells on
This fella has a lot of bad luck / disputes...
POLICE DRONE
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11695624.Photographer_arrested_for_flying_drone/
FORMER POLICEMAN
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6811269.No_case_over_car_incidents/
PARKING WARDENS
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5127228.Bizarre_parking_loophole/
COUNCIL TAX
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5126688.Tax_blunder_raises_security_alarm/
TESCO
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/954144._Farce__as_Tesco_store_ignores_rules/
COUNCIL BINS
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6812481.Angry_residents_don_t_want_wheelie_bins/
POLICE DRONE
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11695624.Photographer_arrested_for_flying_drone/
FORMER POLICEMAN
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6811269.No_case_over_car_incidents/
PARKING WARDENS
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5127228.Bizarre_parking_loophole/
COUNCIL TAX
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5126688.Tax_blunder_raises_security_alarm/
TESCO
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/954144._Farce__as_Tesco_store_ignores_rules/
COUNCIL BINS
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6812481.Angry_residents_don_t_want_wheelie_bins/
Chinman3000
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- Sep 28, 2011
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The police and security services in the country are our front line against the very real threat of terrorism we face daily and if some 2 bob jurno gets his nose put out of joint so they can do that, I couldnt give a shit.
Yeah, well I could. You'd soon change your tune if you were regularly harassed when going about your business for no good reason other than security guards/ police using the old chestnut of 'section 43'
and as LB says 'does anybody really imagine that a terrorist would use the sort of equipment that a professional photographer lugs around when going about his business'
and as LB says 'does anybody really imagine that a terrorist would use the sort of equipment that a professional photographer lugs around when going about his business'
If anyone's got a couple of minutes spare. I give you the legendary you tube video of an amateur photographer being hassled by security at the Golden Wonder factory in Scunthorpe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjTBYdJwQ4I it's a classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjTBYdJwQ4I it's a classic
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
It wasn't the police, it was a civilian police worker.
Brok
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- Dec 26, 2011
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This. Sums it up perfectly.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Blimey! That takes me back. Anne de Vecchi wasn't just getting into spats with Eddie Mitchell. She was at the centre of the harassment that Lewes District Council was directing at Lady Bracknell over the poster that Lady B had designed as part of the Falmer Stadium campaign. It took the best part of a year for the police to back down over that. It came as no surprise to me that the police took no action when Eddie Mitchell was assaulted when he was covering the story.
Those were the days. You Bracknells have a lot to answer for!!! Thank you.
Chinman3000
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- Sep 28, 2011
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Whitechapel
Famous Last Words
Are you claiming the people knocking down the old Civic Centre in Shoreham are terrosits?
Lady Bracknell
Handbag at Dawn
So, you think it is just fine when a '2 bob journo' can't go about his business without being harassed. How about the next stage down the line when you discover that you've got no right to move around innocently without heavy-handed police intervention? Because that's what's going to happen if this sort of thing goes unchallenged.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
The police officers who appear in this video understand the law perfectly. There is no case for stopping photography from a public street and, provided there is no suspicion of wrongdoing, the police have no right to demand information about why the photographs are being taken.