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“Video: Police obstruct journalists at Greek embassy” – pressgazette.co.uk
“New video evidence: photographers obstructed in reportage of Greek Embassy protests” – journalism.co.uk
“Heavy-handed policing against photographers caught on video” – 1854.eu
“Heavy-handed policing against photographers caught on video” - British Journal of Photography.
“Police Obstruction of Journalists at London Greek Embassy Protest” – Current TV.
Yesterday (10.12.08) the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) criticised the Metropolitan Police for their handling of the media (Jason N.Parkinson and I) at a protest outside the Greek embassy in London earlier this week. Click on the image/link above or here to view film footage of police obstructing working journalists.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 08.12.08. A police officer attempts to stop the media reporting on a blockade of the Greek Embassy by Greek and British anarchists in London, England on Monday 8th December 2008. The protesters took down the Greek flag from a pole in front of the embassy and set fire to it and raised a red and black anarchist flag in its place. The protest was part of a European wide day of action after two Greek police officers were arrested for killing a 15-year-old boy, Andreas Grigoropoulos, which has set off a wave of violent protests across Greece. (Photo by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2008.
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I was stopped and searched while filming the Wednesday demonstration at the Greek Embassy (10 Dec 08) and caught it on tape. The stop happens towards the end of the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxXfcgC67Z4
Is it Metropolitan Police policy to discourage the media from reporting these protests? Is it coincidence that the protests are in solidarity with protests against police violence?
Comment by Jesse Oldershaw December 15, 2008 @ 5:34 pm[...] Andreas Grigoropoulos, which has set off a wave of violent protests across Greece,” writes Marc Vallée on his [...]
Pingback by Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind! December 16, 2008 @ 7:20 pm[...] boy, Andreas Grigoropoulos, which has set off a wave of violent protests across Greece,” writes Marc Vallée on his [...]
Pingback by Police State War Against Photojournalism « DC: Infowarrior and Xubuntuphile December 16, 2008 @ 11:13 pm[...] boy, Andreas Grigoropoulos, which has set off a wave of violent protests across Greece,” writes Marc Vallée on his [...]
Pingback by Police State War Against Photojournalism | staticriot December 17, 2008 @ 10:53 amhorrible. thankfully police in india are quite the opposite.
Comment by Master's Cottage Vegetable Gardene December 29, 2008 @ 9:44 pmIf a person, photographer or whatever, tried to snatch the the truncheon, or say radio, of a policeman, he would go apesh*t. The grab of the camera should be treated as assault and a prosecution brought, possibly backed by the NUJ. we must stand up for our rights or lose them.
Also spurious actions with the excuse of the terrorism act when it is clearly not so should be challenged in court. We all want a quiet life, but misfeance in public office is a real offence and when documented should be prosecuted.
(Wishful thinker)
Comment by john h January 21, 2009 @ 8:30 pm