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“…Street Journalism includes covering a lot of political and social protest, of which there are plenty in London.
But in recent months - that seems to have coincided with the introduction of the 2008 Counter Terrorism Act and subsequent publicity campaign - according to various work colleagues, it seems the London Metropolitan (Met) Police Forward Intelligence […]
Clearly there’s a shortage of “real” criminals for the cops to spend so much public money on monitoring a peaceful and legal public meeting…
First came FIT… the presence of Police Forward Intelligence Teams at football match crowds and the like.
Armed with cameras they maintained a high-profile presence to allegedly “deter” acts of hooliganism etc.
But somehow their remit then became extended such that they began to monitor protests, demonstrations, and so forth.
So then came fitwatch… a response on the […]
From the South London Press
“COMMUNITY leaders have reacted with fury after it was revealed police have been stopping and SNAPPING pictures of innocent children.”
Read the full article here!
From (and with thanks to) Nottingham photographer Tash’s blog, One Eye on the Road…
“FIT are beyond the evidence gathering we have all come to know. There is an intimidatory component to their activities. Protestors, Football Fans, Animal Rights activists, Travellers and Festival attendees have know this for years. The NUJ and journalist are the […]
“On Tuesday 6th May, people had initially met on the corner of Abbey Bridge and the road leading to Lenton Lane. Then, arriving together, about 60-70 people gathered at the UK headquarters of Heckler & Koch, based within the Easter Park Industrial Estate on Lenton Lane, Nottingham,Heckler & Koch are the world’s second-largest manufacturer of […]
Excerpts from the New Statesman post:
“Protestors trickled in down the path from Tower Bridge, dispersing among the crowds of camera-toting tourists and their toddlers, high school volleyball teams on school trips, students and local workers. But what was planned as a protest against the elections and a blockade of the BNP became little more than […]