Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest

Aiming your camera in an antisocial way! Talk about vague and open to a million interpretations and the law can use it to mean anything they want. The only antisocial behavior I can think of is aiming up skirts and such for which you ought to be arrested. But kids with Santa and people celebrating, come on.

As I age I have less and less respect for most law officers. They are clearly out to make a record of their activity so they will not be charged with loafing on the job. This is done at the expense of the public they are paid to protect.

I know people who have been stopped for NOT speeding when traffic was heavy, including me. That`s right, driving the posted limit. Explain that to the judge and they will lock you up in the loony bin. I guess we have some sort of secret speed limit that change by the hour.
 
well i got 3min and 9sec in and decided this one is a set up. If i`m wrong- oh well. If not then these two clowns do everyone a dis- service.
How do you get noticed in such a way at a xmas parade, amid all the other people taking photos?
These two knew exactly what to say to ensure this situation escalated, mmm two of them with camera ready to roll
And it is a copy of the Italian student one earlier, which looked not set up.
 
I wish I have the self control and the bravery to stand up the way the photographer has. Well done to him in the way he conducted himself.
 
Wow ... a little outing to celebrate and try out your new M9 and look what can happen ... I'll stick to my Nikon! 😀

I can see pakeha's point here too ... it has a slightly orchestrated feel to it!


Keith ... (also in Brisbane) 🙂
 
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As I age I have less and less respect for most law officers. They are clearly out to make a record of their activity so they will not be charged with loafing on the job. This is done at the expense of the public they are paid to protect.

Yeah, shame they were loafing on the job a few years ago when English born Muslim terrorists were allowed to slaughter dozens of innocent people in Britain.
 
pakeha said:
well i got 3min and 9sec in and decided this one is a set up.
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Possibly. But if so, it did a brilliant job of demonstrating the stupidity of the ways in which police in England and elsewhere are responding to photographers who are engaging in legal and reasonable behavior.

You will note that the officers could not articulate what was antisocial about the behavior, and that no charges were pressed.
 
Makes me not wanna go to UK (unfortunatelly, since I've been there before all this Bull....t and enjoyed it). On a positive note - police girls were kinda cute. 😉
 
This is truly concerning. We are currently pondering a move to the UK in the next year and I am having some serious doubts!
 
No, I don't think this was set up at all. This is how things are now in the UK and most keen photographers go out in the full knowledge that they can, and possibly will, be stopped and questioned by the police or Police Community Support Officers. These instances are becoming more commonplace, despite assurances from senior officers that police on the beat use sensible judgement when stopping members of the public. What is also becoming clear is that the more 'professional' your camera looks, the more chance there is of being stopped. Anyone who has a copy of Gunther Osterloh's book, Leica M, would do well to avoid getting caught using their camera as shown on page 235 - a sure sign of using your camera in a suspicious, covert way, if not in an anti-social manner! 1984 has arrived.
 
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