I’ve been reading more and more articles like this one in the BBC website detailing the horror stories of amateur photographers being treated like criminals just because they take photo’s in a public place. I think it is ridiculous that authorities are able to pick on easy targets like photographers, but I suppose we should all be thankful that we have these ‘laws’ in place to protect us from the evil man with a camera!

I’m a keen photographer as regular readers will know and I’m reasonably well aware of my rights to photograph in public areas. One thing I learned from the BBC article though was:

Under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, police officers may
randomly stop someone without reasonable suspicion, providing the area
has been designated a likely target for an attack.

Interesting, if you are challenged in a public place perhaps the first thing to ask the officer in question is whether the particular area you are in is a designated terrorist target.

Time to join the campaign for clearer laws I think.

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