tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447457.post210997085572510053..comments2023-09-20T13:18:11.947+01:00Comments on Graham's Uncommon Place : Our police stateGraham Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06780884820746512099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447457.post-77933516878037733352008-04-19T20:48:00.000+01:002008-04-19T20:48:00.000+01:00A Home Office minister has now re-affirmed the leg...A Home Office minister has now <A HREF="http://curly15.wordpress.com/2008/04/19/miliband-on-photography/" REL="nofollow">re-affirmed the legality and rights</A> of photographers to operate in public places.Curlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447457.post-997023656749841692008-04-17T23:14:00.000+01:002008-04-17T23:14:00.000+01:00Thank you. But there are lots of us being stopped ...Thank you. But there are lots of us being stopped and questioned including the photographer of our local paper. Freedom is being lost. I am old enough to have been free to walk along Downing Street. I am not anti police. You are usually only carrying out orders and enforcing what you believe to be the law. <BR/>BTW I have linked to your blog.Graham Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780884820746512099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447457.post-9665448925279916912008-04-17T21:33:00.000+01:002008-04-17T21:33:00.000+01:00I think the majority of Police and PCSOs know the ...I think the majority of Police and PCSOs know the law surrounding photography in public.<BR/><BR/>It’s the odd one or two officers who do make a mistake that give everyone else a bad name. Try to look at it subjectively. There are hundreds of thousands of professional photographers, millions of amateur photographers and billions of random people with camera phones taking trillions of photos in public.<BR/><BR/>Three people getting spoken to because the officers were a little confused isn’t that big of a deal when you look at the bigger picture (excuse the pun).PC Plastic Fuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02116472192031098412noreply@blogger.com