cops on cameras - again

[Igor Mozolevsky]

2009/7/22 Chris Edwards <chris-ukcrypto at lists.skipnote.org>:

> Anyone catch this one:
>
>  http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jul/21/police-search-mobile-phone-court
>
>  "Lawyers for Gemma Atkinson, a 27-year-old who was detained after filming
>  police officers conduct a routine stop and search on her boyfriend,
>  believe her case is the latest example of how police are misusing
>  counterterrorism powers to restrict photography."
>
> I wonder how the footage in question was [quoting the 2008 Act above]
> "of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act
> of terrorism".
>
> It appears she was asked "Do you realise it is an offence under the
> Terrorism Act to film police officers?" ...
>

Which makes it even more interesting given the recent advisory to the
contrary the Met had issued to their officers!


Cheers,

--
Igor