Photographer detained in Romford

Thanks very much to a lot of people for their support around this incident. Finally, we've settled with the police and they've apologised for their actions, admitting wrongdoing. More info: http://www.bindmans.com/index.php?id=1107, http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=48417&...

You can hear me talking about the case on BBC radio london at 20 minutes in over here http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00lz79k & on ITN here: http://www.itv.com/london/met-apologise-to-snapper97703/

Some of my work's up here http://www.thebppa.com/jules-mattsson/

I was detained by Police in Romford after taking an image of a cadet unit who were about to march in a massive parade in front of thousands of people with cameras. I was told it was an offence to photograph a child, then an offence to photograph the military, then an offence to photograph the police then that I was a threat under the terrorism act. I was frog marched with my arm painfully twisted away from the public eye and any witnesses and pushed down a set of stairs. The police illegally tried to take my details on several occasions also.

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[joecooper18]

Romford police are total c**ts - i called the police monday to report a sexual assualt (less than 100 yards from this parade) and i got a call back an hour later saying they were busy attending a stolen car call

[samilliw1]

It is right the Commissioner has promptly apologised and paid a suitable level of damages.” Anyone know how much ?

[CosplaycheriseMalfoy]

I hate Romford police!! my mums house got broken into and we called them up and they said they where on there way round so we waited up all night and they never fucking showed THERES A SUPRISE!! -_- so basically they didn't help at all.

[dstockton46]

Get a life u Muppet...

[MegaOptionzTV]

This copper is an idiot - will all police officers please seek psychiatric help?

[wayne17700]

any bullshit to arrest

[wayne17700]

here we go again

[catspawo6]

hahahaha finished watching it all. Couldn’t make it up.....covert operations??!!!!

He’s in uniform under common law oath.......what an absolutely deluded clown of a man......he dreams MI6 are gonna come knocking?? best thing he could do is retire and get part time work as a court jester.

[catspawo6]

@cultofmao Those Laws , acts and statutes are designed to use against the public......do away with them. Only enforcing he should have been doing is upholding his oath.

[catspawo6]

Terrrrrrrorrrrrism.....that old chesnut.... Gwad give me strength!

I suffer terror every single day in the uk from the cost of living & the bleak prospect that it will only get worse.

[cultofmao]

People must oppose this kind of Police state thuggery, what is the point of laws that are not observed by those who are supposed to enforce them? Listen to this Police officer it is quite obvious that he does not think he has to work within the law and that he is a law unto himself.

[SuperSpartan3000]

This is clearly a case of a Police State !!!