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"I am not a Terrorist": 'Not A Crime' photography Campaign

Tash [alan lodge] | 15.07.2009 18:50 | Indymedia | Repression | Terror War

Nottingham photographer 'Tash' strongly supports the British Journal of Photography Campaign



Police routinely invoke anti-terror legislation to prevent photographers from carrying out their work, and photojournalists are constantly filmed at public gatherings and their details kept on an ever-growing database. Tourists, particularly foreign tourists, are also targeted by police, as was the case with an Austrian father and son recently who made the mistake of photographing a building of an extremely sensitive nature—Walthamstow bus station.
Put simply, Britain has become a no-photo zone, and so if you fail to comply, you may find yourself liable to attack, arrest or harassment. Recognising that Britain is not the only country where such a draconian anti-photographer culture is developing, the British Journal of Photography is beginning an international visual campaign to raise awareness.

'Not A Crime'  http://www.not-a-crime.com

The fight-back begins here - BJP 15 July  http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=865556

I ask you tp please add your own support, It's kinda urgent.

Not A Crime - BJP Campaign
 http://www.not-a-crime.com

The fight-back begins here - BJP 15 July
 http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=865556

New police guide 'is flawed' - BJP 15 July
 http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=865557

Metropolitan Police - Photography advice
 http://www.met.police.uk/about/photography.htm

Police given a dressing down - BJP 8 July
 http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=864860

Metropolitan Police photography advice 'selective', says media law solicitor - BJP 10 July
 http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=865254

the mets unlawful & misleading new photo-laws
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/07/434417.html

____________________________________________
ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email:  tash@indymedia.org
Member of the National Union of Journalists [No: 014345]
____________________________________________
"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
___________________________________________

Tash [alan lodge]
- e-mail: tash@indymedia.org

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Letsby Avenue my lad

15.07.2009 20:09

Why should a tourist taking a picture of the BT tower or a London square (like Connaught Square) be required to account for his actions? It seems that the job of the police and security forces is to protect the interests of the rich and the powerful. I was `happrehended` after taking a pic of Tony Blair's £3.5 million abode in 29 Connaught Square:
 https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/world/2009/07/434061.html?c=on#c227874

I was asked to delete a photo - laughably, the one they asked me to delete was one of the garden of my hotel which was some 2 miles from Connaught Square. When I pointed out this gaffe the WPC changed the subject and happily I was not sent to the tower.

Seriously, though, isn't asking someone to delete a photograph like destroying evidence (evidence of what? in my case) or something like that?

Paul.

Paul O'Hanlon
mail e-mail: o_hanlon@hotmail.com


Deleting photos....

15.07.2009 23:40

They can't make you, nor can they do it themselves:

"Members of the public and the media do not need a permit to film or photograph in public places and police have no power to stop them filming or photographing incidents or police personnel. "

"Officers have the power to view digital images contained in mobile telephones or cameras carried by a person searched under S44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, provided that the viewing is to determine whether the images contained in the camera or mobile telephone are of a kind, which could be used in connection with terrorism. Officers also have the power to seize and retain any article found during the search which the officer reasonably suspects is intended to be used in connection with terrorism."
Photography and Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000

"Officers have the power to view digital images contained in mobile telephones or cameras carried by a person searched under S43 of the Terrorism Act 2000 to discover whether they have in their possession anything which may constitute evidence that they are involved in terrorism. Officers also have the power to seize and retain any article found during the search which the officer reasonably suspects may constitute evidence that the person is involved in terrorism."
Photography and Section 43 of the Terrorism Act 2000

"Any officer making an arrest for an offence under Section 58a must be able to demonstrate a reasonable suspicion that the information was of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.

It should ordinarily be considered inappropriate to use Section 58a to arrest people photographing police officers in the course of normal policing activities, including protests, as without more, there is no link to terrorism.

There is however nothing preventing officers asking questions of an individual who appears to be taking photographs of someone who is or has been a member of Her Majesty’s Forces (HMF), Intelligence Services or a constable. "
Section 58a of the Terrorism Act 2000

Straight from the trotters hoof:
 http://www.met.police.uk/about/photography.htm

Bob


Met "advice"

17.07.2009 08:57

This is worth a look at - more on the Mets "advice" on photography in a public places from Marc Vallee in The Guardian.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jul/09/photography-anti-terrorism-regulations

I'm a photographer not a terrorist