In London, the police needed 6 officers to arrest a peaceful art student for filming on a public place. After forcefully detaining the female student, they fined her £80 for causing alarm and disturbance.
From the video footage it seems only disturbance were the police, and there is certainly cause for alarm since the police are wasting time and 6 officers on this.
Shameful act of over-policing. Interesting also considering that british are dying abroad in a "fight against terrorism" while the "freedoms" they are "protecting" are, simply, lost to police state -action.
Quote from The Guardian: "Police community support officers (PCSOs) stopped Italian student Simona Bonomo under anti-terrorism legislation for filming buildings in London. Moments later, she was arrested by other officers, held in a police cell and fined."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2009/dec/15/police-terrorism
7.1.2010
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