police
For Police Eyes Only
This is enlarged from an image I took in 2004 which shows a police officer with named photo ID’s of individuals on a Stop the War coalition protest outside an election fundraising dinner where George Bush Senior was after dinner speaker (pic is used in the Guardian story related today)
Not only does it contain prominent peace activists but also outrageously, two journalists (names and faces have been blurred to protect the identity of individuals listed)
The spotter card is used by police to identify potential ‘trouble makers’.
See Guardian article; Police in £9m scheme to log ‘domestic extremists’ here
and Domestic Extremist blog piece here
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Domestic Extremist
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See Mark Thomas Guardian article on the civil liberties and the police secret database here
Read For Police Eyes Only blog piece on the Guardian Domestic Extremist story here
Our reputation on surveillance also extends to the New York Times here
No More Games!
PCSO’s at a demonstration in support of the occupation at the Vestas wind turbine plant. Isle of Wight.
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Post Mela
Bengali youth celebrate when the police say the will leave their estate after the Mela, Whitechapel, East London.
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Last Night A PC Killed My Dad
Spoof Metropolitan Police recruitment poster. The Foundry, East London.
Community Policing
Police on horse back in Old Compton Street. Soho. London.
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May Day – Space Hijackers
Mayday demonstration at Bank. People protest against police violence and dress as convicts, prisoners or police. Organised by Space Hijackers. London.
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See Mayday web gallery here
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We don’t need no stinking badges!
Woman protester wearing a question mark on her shoulder to represent missing police ID numbers is stopped and searched in the City of London during a demonstration against police brutality following the death of Ian Tomlinson after being assaulted by a police officer at a G20 demonstration. Organised by the Common Sense Party. March to Wood Street police HQ. London.
More images are available from www.reportdigital.co.uk
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Protecting and Serving the People – Police Apology
Justice for Ian Tomlinson
Memorial march for Ian Tomlinson, a 47-year-old newspaper seller, who died on 1st April after being assaulted by a police officer at a G20 demonstration. London.
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See web gallery here
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G20 – Global Meltdown
Photos from the G20 protests, to see the web gallery click here
Photo-Forum Films – Know Your Rights
‘I’m a photographer, not a terrorist – Know Your Rights’
Following the successful NUJ media event outside New Scotland Yard to highlight the issues photographers have with S76 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, NUJ members organised an ‘I’m a photographer, not a terrorist – Know Your Rights’ meeting.’
The meeting was hosted by Photo-Forum in February and was introduced by photographer Peter Macdiarmid with solicitor Anna Mazzola (Hickman and Rose) and photographer Andrew Wiard.
Jason Parkinson was commissioned to shoot and edit two short films for the evening.The film is funded by the NUJ.
Click here for Know Your Rights film
The first film on terrorism legislation features Anna Mazzola and Peter Macdiarmid.
The second film features Andrew Wiard, freelance photographer, who speaks about the history and the future of the press card.
We also compiled a slideshow featuring good and bad policing which is part of an on-going Photo-Forum project. If you have images to contribute to this project please send jpeg files in sRGB colour space, maximum size 1024 pixels on the long side to: photoforumuk@gmail.com
Photo-Forum is organized by photographers as a place for working photographers across the spectrum to bring images, ideas, photo stories, approaches and work in progress for supportive debate and criticism. It runs monthly on the second Thursday of the month in Central London.
National Palestine Demonstration – from Hyde Park
Athens Sale shopping..
Athens Xmas shopping – it’s a war out there!
Athens – pic of the day..
Tissue seller cowers from gas masked riot police.
Merry Xmas from Athens!
Think yourself lucky this bunch aren’t gathering round your tree!
More Athens riots
More rioting around Athens Polytechnic last night..the police were attacked with petrol bombs.
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Athens Burns..
Not that I’ve had enough of weddings or anything. I’m in Athens. Today we saw another huge demonstration called after the fatal shooting by the police on Dec. 6 of a 15-year-old, Alexandros Grigorolopoulos.
See web gallery here
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Stop Deaths in Police Custody
Protest march against death in custody, in prisons and mental health institutions by the United Families and Friends Campaign. London.
See slideshow here
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