Idiots out again

[Zigenare]

Never mind, the lady in question's life is soon to be laid bare. No doubt she'll be interviewed on Talk Radio and this time next year she'll be starring on "I'm a celeb..."

[SueEllen]

The police arrested a journalist for covering the protest for LBC.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/police-sh...rter-arrested/

By the same police force who apparently last year were giving blankets and cups of tea to protesters.

[vetran]

The police arrested a journalist for covering the protest for LBC.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/police-sh...rter-arrested/

By the same police force who apparently last year were giving blankets and cups of tea to protesters.

Yeah Nick Ferrari was covering it, not happy at all. I suspect anyone connected to the Police interviewed by LBC will have a rocky ride for a few weeks.

[SueEllen]

Now raised in the House of Lords by Baroness Chakrabarti.

The government are going to have a problem getting any policing bills through the House of Lords if the police keep arresting journalists.

[SueEllen]

Seems Herts police don't like the press - https://twitter.com/richfelgate/stat...38847642243072

Arrested 7 other members so far.

Oh and all arrested are asked to give up their contacts.

[malvolio]

Seems Herts police don't like the press - https://twitter.com/richfelgate/stat...38847642243072

Arrested 7 other members so far.

Oh and all arrested are asked to give up their contacts.

Like I said, these idiots don't deserve extra publicity, nor their identities released to the general public. The less PR they get the better afaic. I'm guessing, but perhaps the press people were asked to desist and got arrested when they refused: the police have few other courses of action after all.

[WTFH]

Like I said, these idiots don't deserve extra publicity, nor their identities released to the general public. The less PR they get the better afaic. I'm guessing, but perhaps the press people were asked to desist and got arrested when they refused: the police have few other courses of action after all.

The "press people" were handcuffed before they were even asked their identity.
In one of the other press videos, the police challenged the journalist saying how could they have known it was happening unless they had been alerted by the group that was protesting.
Well, maybe they knew it was happening because of all the police heading to the area, or the traffic jams, or the traffic reports that were coming in live about it.

As far as I know, even under Braverman's regime, the press should be free to observe and record events in public places, but maybe you don't agree.

[malvolio]

The "press people" were handcuffed before they were even asked their identity.
In one of the other press videos, the police challenged the journalist saying how could they have known it was happening unless they had been alerted by the group that was protesting.
Well, maybe they knew it was happening because of all the police heading to the area, or the traffic jams, or the traffic reports that were coming in live about it.

As far as I know, even under Braverman's regime, the press should be free to observe and record events in public places, but maybe you don't agree.

Of course I agree. But read the girl's report on what happened. It is incumbent on them to ensure the police know who they are before they start climbing up the gantry; the copper dealing with the idiots is probably not best placed to engage in discussions over right or wrong. The reporters should have at least spoken to the bronze commander, who would almost certainly have allowed them in. It's not like they were going to miss anything.

[SueEllen]

https://www.contractoruk.com/news/00...legations.html

Like I said, these idiots don't deserve extra publicity, nor their identities released to the general public. The less PR they get the better afaic. I'm guessing, but perhaps the press people were asked to desist and got arrested when they refused: the police have few other courses of action after all.

I've been listening to stuff all day (I also oddly I know members of the press and have talked to them about identifying themselves.)

The police didn't ask them to desist. The police thought they were protestors and the press immediately identified themselves as members of the press showing their ID.

The police are suppose to check their ID. If they can't do it at the time, they are suppose to do it immediately at the police station and not hold them in the cells for 7+ hours. Doing so is deliberate intimidation.

Herts police from their elected Police and Crime Commissioner to those who are full-time officers are unhappy that the press have sources that tell them where and when protests are likely to happen. Most of the time it is because members of the press just talk to people and happen to look like everyone else so don't get people's backs up.

[WTFH]

Of course I agree. But read the girl's report on what happened. It is incumbent on them to ensure the police know who they are before they start climbing up the gantry; the copper dealing with the idiots is probably not best placed to engage in discussions over right or wrong. The reporters should have at least spoken to the bronze commander, who would almost certainly have allowed them in. It's not like they were going to miss anything.

If you look at the video SueEllen posted, those two members of the press who were handcuffed had not climbed a gantry and were standing on a public footbridge. There was no one to allow or disallow them.