Got a camera? Be scared.
Tucked away inside today’s thelondonpaper rush hour freebie, this nano-article:
Photographers at risk from law
Taking photos of police officers could be deemed a criminal offence under anti-terror legislation that comes into force next week
Does that make your blood run cold? It does mine.
I took a pic of a police security tabloid pantomine with a metal detector in a tube station a while back, and put it on line:
Under this new legislation, I could probably get banged up for taking this picture, if that proved convenient to the police/and or home secretary.
I am really beginning to hate this government. Jaquie Smith, Jack Straw and the dreary rest of them. I actually wonder if they understand what they are doing. Is it possible to construct the apparatus of a totalitarian state, without being aware of it?
The sooner they get chucked out, the better.
Soon come.
I read a lot of British photography magazines and it seems like photographers are getting hit especially hard when it comes to taking photos in public places.
I think this is absolutely ridiculous and I completely agree with you that this seems a lot like the groundwork for a totalitarian state.
Dude.
Agreed, totally.
Paddy, I hope you dont mind but at somepoint I am going to cross post you on this, as I think we have to stop it if we still cam.
For now though People, there is a petition, a protest and a facebook group.
Its small but it is a start, I for one have been actively taking pictures of every copper, cop car and police station I have seen, as is my right. This is not 1984, and I for one am not standing for this shit.
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