Cops target independent journalists on Noborder march
imcista | 22.09.2007 13:42 | No Border Camp 2007 | Analysis | Migration | Repression | Birmingham
a) this arrest-under-suspected-ASBO-for-filming behaviour by the police is a new tactic, and is perhaps a response to the FITwatch group who have been documenting and obstructing the activities of the political police. Police forward intelligence teams assigned to watch left-wing activists are part of the domestic counter-terrorism units and they appear to be unhappy about the attention and hassle they are getting from FITwatch.
b) the fact that they're not arresting people with NUJ cards likely means that they are not at all confident about the legal status of what they're doing and know that they can't deal with a political and legal response by the NUJ.
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23.09.2007 23:40
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