“Police Forcibly Detain Press Photographer” – Jason N. Parkinson, Current TV.
“Photographer detained in Parliament Square” – British Journal of Photography.
On Monday, Metropolitan Police officers forcibly removed and detained, Justin Tallis, a press photographer and NUJ member, from a Tamil protest outside the Houses of Parliament.
I saw officers violently remove Justin and take him to a police van near Westminster Bridge. Justin was later released from the van after the intervention of photographers and journalists on the ground and with the help of Jeremy Dear, NUJ general secretary via phone.
I called Jeremy Dear on my mobile and encouraged a senior police officer to talk to him who was standing outside the police van.
After being released from police custody Justin needed medic attention and he got this from London ambulance service paramedics.
The NUJ is looking into the matter.
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Engelse politie en fotojournalistiek…
Dat de Engelse politie het niet zo op heeft met fotojournalisten, mag langzaam maar zeker wel bekend zijn. Er zijn genoeg voorbeelden te noemen waar de politie de fotojournalisten echt hindert. Onlangs……
And so what happens for those of us photographers who are not NUJ card carrying journalists ?
Is it open season on photographers anywhere near demonstrations ?
Or is it something particular that causes these incidents, like taking photographs which might give evidence of police taking actions that they’d rather not be public ?
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