Police And Cameras

The police hate cameras because cameras make evidence. Cameras expose their thuggery, their lies, their corruption, their perjury. A vicious police thug called Harwood knows this all too well. He perpetrated the G20 Massacre, killing an innocent man. It was blatant manslaughter. He would have gotten away with it if someone had not produced video which went on the Net. The police did everything to keep him out of prison including lying to the family, perjury, using a dodgy pathologist, then after they failed they quite possibly packed the jury, squared the judge [ one of the funny handshake mob? ] or both. He walked free having demonstrated the depths of corruption in the Met. Other juries are going to be less gullible. This means you should know the law regarding using cameras as evidence of police lies. The Metropolitan Police’s own guidelines say go ahead and do it unless they choose to allege you are a terrorist.
PS This is confirmed by the Jew, Carlile. See Lord Carlile says photography of the police is allowed
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A Rough Guide To Filming The Police During A Stop And Search
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Nowadays with most of us having a camera on our mobile phones, more and more people are able to film the actions of the police during a stop and search and are choosing to do so.

However, there are a few basic suggestions that may help you to be better prepared, can ensure that deciding to film the police makes a difference and can mean any footage has genuine value as possible evidence.

Why stop and film?
Ordinary people stopping and filming the police can mean that officers behave differently than they would if no-one was watching and recording their actions. This might make the experience for the person who has been stopped far less intimidating or threatening.

The more often the police are filmed stopping people, the more officers may come to expect that they may be filmed in the future, which can influence the way they generally treat people and whether stop & search powers are routinely used indiscriminately.

If police officers have acted unlawfully, filming them can help provide evidence if there is a formal complaint or if someone is arrested.

Can I legally film the police?
There is no law stopping anyone filming in a public place, so if you are on the streets you can film without asking permission – the current [ 2021 ] position is at Photography advice Metropolitan Police (adopted by all police forces in Britain) make clear that “police have no power to stop them filming or photographing incidents or police personnel”.

There is a law – Section 58A of the Terrorism Act 2000 – that says police officers can stop you filming them if they [ choose to allege that they ] believe that the video will be used for purposes of terrorism. However, police guidelines state that:

“it would ordinarily be unlawful to use section 58A to arrest people photographing police officers in the course of normal policing activities… An arrest would only be lawful if an arresting officer had a reasonable suspicion that the photographs were being taken in order to provide practical assistance to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism”. 

This does not apply when you stop to film the police stopping and searching people.

What to remember when filming
A stop & search is already a humiliating experience for the person who has been stopped, so it is worthwhile asking them if it’s OK to film and assuring them you are just filming the actions of the police
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This sounds likely to be true; in fact it is on line at Photography. Believing it could let you in for a

Unlawful Arrest & Malicious Prosecution as well as good kicking. Naturally the police are keen to abuse our ignorance of the law. If they try it on complain. Use 999 if that is what it takes. Then go to a doctor or hospital to show them your injuries.

 

Errors & omissions, broken links, cock ups, over-emphasis, malice [ real or imaginary ] or whatever; if you find any I am open to comment.

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Updated on 03/12/2021 20:38