Peaceful picket to save youth club and anti terror laws

[MarillionFan]

Went down over Xmas to take pictures of the floods on the Avon, lo and behold was told to move and so were another 30 people for obstructing the police & we would all be arrested. No-one was near the river. Absolutely no need, typical Johnny Big potato bollocks.

[suityou01]

Perhaps this copper goes home to his family every night sick to the back teeth of rubber neckers and paps, having had to scrape some poor unfortunate out of a car into an ambulance and this guy with his snappy snaps one shot was the last straw?

[suityou01]

Went down over Xmas to take pictures of the floods on the Avon, lo and behold was told to move and so were another 30 people for obstructing the police & we would all be arrested. No-one was near the river. Absolutely no need, typical Johnny Big potato bollocks.

Backpfeifengesicht mate. Don't take it personally.

[SimonMac]

You have to be 13 to have a Facebook account, string the bastard up!

[vetran]

Perhaps I'll revisit the article. As I said, I only skip read it. And it was the DM so I admit to not having all the facts of this case to hand.

The full facts like you get with the Granuaid & the Telegraph? They all have agendas.

The Policeman clearly overstepped the boundaries of the law and threatened to assault him, deprive him of his property & imprison him illegally. I suspect he will be suspended on full pay until it blows over.

[MicrosoftBob]

While I take your point, the officer in question was completely and utterly wrong in what he was saying. The law is really quite clear in respect to private individuals taking photos in a public place and I've not seen any legislation which makes things any different if you're a member of the press. He used his power and the threat of arrest to assert power that he simply he didn't have - that's UTTERLY out of order.

Well there was the case of the press tog arrested for being too tall, misusing the law seems to apply to anyone even MPs where plod is concerned

[vwdan]

Perhaps this copper goes home to his family every night sick to the back teeth of rubber neckers and paps, having had to scrape some poor unfortunate out of a car into an ambulance and this guy with his snappy snaps one shot was the last straw?

Then he's in the wrong job - I've got plenty of family and friends who do emergency service jobs and they don't feel the need to behave like this.

[suityou01]

Then he's in the wrong job - I've got plenty of family and friends who do emergency service jobs and they don't feel the need to behave like this.

Everyone gets bad days.

[vetran]

Everyone gets bad days.

Indeed but not everyone threatens to assault someone, kidnap them and steal from them.

Or abuses their position as an officer of the law to do so

[Old Greg]

Perhaps this copper goes home to his family every night sick to the back teeth of rubber neckers and paps, having had to scrape some poor unfortunate out of a car into an ambulance and this guy with his snappy snaps one shot was the last straw?

Maybe he has to do all his admin on a system you designed?