How deep does the hole need to be dug?
Again the police in the UK are doing stupid things with the aim of ‘preventing terrorism.’ I’ve included this choice quote, from the Guardian article:
“I will be raising it with the commissioner. I have already written to him about the police taking away cameras and stopping people taking photographs and made the point that if it was not for people taking photos, we would not know about the death of Ian Tomlinson or the woman who was hit by a police officer.”
I wouldn’t put this forward as a good argument from trying to dissuade police officers either. I’m sure the police don’t want these incidents being recorded either. What needs to happen is the removal of that particular law, otherwise officers are going to keep abusing it.
Please note, that under UK law, a police officer will need a court order that would legally enable them to delete a person’s images from their camera, it is classed as assault otherwise. In any case if it is seen as incriminating evidence in the first place, then it shouldn’t be deleted should it?
