What's Going On? says the copper

Bemused police stumble upon the Climate Camp setting up in Blackheath, Greenwich.
Ignorant copper grabs the camera lens
Posted by IMC London http://london.indymedia.org.uk/videos/2001

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• police
• cops
• camera
• lens
• hands
• car
• protest
• filming
• undercurrents

[UCompleteCok]

"YOU DON'T FILM US" - No, but it's okay for you to film us with endless CCTV. Fuckoff you stinking pig, you give good coppers a bad name.

[m3tpd]

Typical met police, bullies, nasty thugs frightened by cameras, remember boys "Nothing to hide, nothing to fear" lol

[m3tpd]

@TractorSnarl just because one finds fault with the police doesn't make one a criminal. But the simple point remains, anyone can take photos/video in any public space, even if you object.... If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear, well that's what they tell us. Remember history, just because someone in a uniform tells you to do something doesn't make it right, or mean they are right.

[uaedaien]

@TractorSnarl if you are going to spout bullshit, at least try and come up with a law to cite it.

[uaedaien]

@TractorSnarl which is none then.

[TractorSnarl]

My dad is a nurse; he spends all day saving lives. Most of my family are or have been in the police. My great grandad was a policeman during the war, rescuing people. Just because they're in the police doesn't make them bad people. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean that everyone else is wrong. Perhaps if you obeyed the law then you wouldn't have a problem with them. And they have just as much right to ask people to stop filming them as anyone does.

[TractorSnarl]

My dad's a nurse, he saves lives everyday. I've witnessed a policeman drag someone out of a burning car; surely thats the definition of life-saving?

[m3tpd]

@TractorSnarl Oh dear, as twostix67 correctly pointed out, the police man has NO power to arrest anyone in a public place to filming or taking photos. The police need people just like you who don't know their rights, people like you make it so easy for the police to intimidate and bully. Educate yourself, life will be so much better for you and everyone around you, I'm not being nasty, if we all take a little time to know the law everyone benifets.

[m3tpd]

@TractorSnarl I'm sure if any of us where in a massive car accident we'd all feel a lot better with the fire service and medics attending, be funny to see the police cut you out and resuss you with pepper sprays, batons and tasers pmsl. you should really think before you just repeat what your dad tells you.

[alexGanJa1]

@m3tpd peck!!

[TractorSnarl]

That last comment was so funny I nearly cried. I'll leave the cock-sucking to a police-hater; besides, the only time people react negatively to the police is because they've done something wrong or want to act like a big tough guy in front of their friends. When you're in a massive car accident and they turn up, let's hope they're 'compassionate' to you.

[simply2ghetto]

@TractorSnarl

He can also ask you to suck his dick, and if you don't comply he could arrest you, and if he doesn't that's down to his mercy and compassion.