yogamaster

Watching the news this morning and they were discussing taking photographs in public places.
One guy had been approached by 2 policeman and asked what he was doing then his name, address, height and date of birth were all taken down and will be kept on file! for what? taking a fucking photograph.

Also another guy had been taking a photo of a fish and chip shop, and when the police asked him to stop he took a photo of them LOL and they arrested him WTF? and another situation of a women being told she could'nt take a photo of her grand daughter WTF? indeed!!

And all this is due to SECTION 44, yes mention the T word TERRORISM and the whole country goes fucking mad, so how is arresting someone for taking a photo of a chip shop going to stop terrorism, fucking ridiculous.
I have read a few articles about this in the past in photography magazines and we really are going to lose opur civil liberties if we dont do something about it.
We wont be able to take pics of public buildings or public streets without getting arrested!! as the law stands now we are doing nothing wrong, but that could soon change.

they only thing about this that made me laugh was the fact that the policeman being interviewed on the news was called Andy TROTTER hahaha can I smell bacon?

http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/issues/6-free-speech/s44-terrorism-act/index.shtml

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/photographers-snap-over-use-of-section-44-by-police-officers-1833839.html

Stop this fucking madness, we are getting closer to an Orwellian society than we all realise!!!

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