Heavy-handed policing against photographers caught on video
Posted by
Olivier Laurent
on 12 Dec 2008
The National Union of Journalists has criticised the Metropolitan Police for heavy-handed policing against two photojournalists in London this week. The incident was caught on video. Read our full report here.
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I was stopped and searched Wednesday 10 Dec 2008 while filming a similar demonstration at the Greek Embassy in London. I caught it on tape and put it on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxXfcgC67Z4
The stop and search starts about half way in.
Is it Metropolitan Police policy to discourage the media from reporting these protests? Is it coincidence that the protests are in solidarity with protests against police violence?
Posted by: Jesse Oldershaw on 15 Dec 2008 at 19:03
I'm sure someone knows who officer "514" is, name and shame them...
Posted by: Chris&T on 13 Jan 2009 at 05:56