Filming the police on the Thames - because we can, and because we should!

A new 'anti-terror law' was brought in recently - did you hear about it? Section 76 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 updates section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000, which states that a person commits an offence if he collects or makes a record of information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism "Record includes a photographic or electronic record.

Section 76 expands on this, turning into a criminal anyone who publishes or communicates any information about a member of the armed forces or a police officer which is of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism

I think it's really important to exercise our rights so they don't get taken away from us. We're exceptionally lucky in the UK to have a lot of freedom that it's easy to take for granted so yes, this is just a short video, but it's important to me to make a stand in this way. The police are working for us, after all!

Read more on the National Union of Journalist's website here: http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=1118http://www.nuj.org.uk/inner...

and watch a video of the recent "I'm a Photographer not a Terrorist" demonstration here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYyELiRBGeA&feature=player_embedded

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[brunster64]

There needs to be some sort of regular protest involving hundreds of photographers taking pictures of Police en masse.

[Tzimnewman3]

that is all lol

[tezzer57]

So agree with you, i was taking some pics in Canada Sq in LDN, when i was questioned by a community support officer on why i was taking pics and demanded to see my pics...

I told him, look around you there's hundreds of tourists taking pics..... showed him the pics & he went away....