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Police claim they don't need law to stop photographer taking pictures
« on: June 29, 2010, 10:16:26 AM »
Police officers stopped a teenage photographer from taking pictures of an Armed Forces Day parade - and then claimed they did not need a law to detain him.

Jules Mattsson, a 16-year-old freelancer from Hackney, East London, was photographing police cadets on Saturday when he was ordered to stop and give his personal details by an adult cadet officer who claimed he needed parental permission to capture images of the cadets.

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Re: Police claim they don't need law to stop photographer taking pictures
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2010, 10:29:43 AM »
Not police officers but bully boys. Power just seems to go to some peoples heads.
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Re: Police claim they don't need law to stop photographer taking pictures
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2010, 02:35:15 PM »
The funny thing is these guys are not in the British Army. They just hold an Army number.

Typical of them a bit of power gets to their heads.
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Re: Police claim they don't need law to stop photographer taking pictures
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2010, 04:11:45 PM »
Has anyone ever been stopped by the police while taking photos? I was taking photos in Lurgan town many years ago and the police pulled up and asked what I was doing? Told them I was just taking photos of the Christmas lights they said that was OK as long as I didn't take any of the police station. My only brush with the law to date.
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Re: Police claim they don't need law to stop photographer taking pictures
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2010, 08:19:17 PM »
Absolute Bol***ks!

The parade was in the public demain so there is no reason why anyone should be stopped from taking piccies.

I guess the thought is along the same lines as children who are in the school environment or perhaps at a leisure centre.

Re your Lurgan approach I guess they were considering someone photographing a station for subversive reasons.

If the photographer was detained in London I suggest he give his solicitor a call for his illegal detention.

I would LOVE someone to challenge me in such a case >:(
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