It seems the photographer (professional, armature or anywhere in between) is now the thought "If you have a Digital SLR you logicly must be a terrorist in police thoughts.
Lets remember a key tenant of the law: "the law does not restrict the right to photograph in the UK."
Lets examine some cases.
Medway Police Set President for a photographer "being too tall" -
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/15/tall_photographers/
related to:
Cameraman held under terror laws -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8154511.stm
Charges against London tube tourist snapper thrown out -
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/19/greek_photographer/
Photocops: Home Office concedes concern
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/07/gov_photography/
The war on photographers - you're all al Qaeda suspects now
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/19/greek_photographer/
Photographers angry at terror law
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7892273.stm
See http://photographernotaterrorist.org/ for information about the campaign which I urge you to read about - It sets out the right you have, and what to say to overzelous Police Officers and PSCO's - it's now to the point where the BBC is slowly starting to agree on one of their blogs
So yes...
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