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Photography and Police

As photographers will do, we like to snap everything interesting we see. This is not always approved of, especially when snapping private property. It seems like some photographers do not take kindly to being told where and how they can follow their hobby.

Brian Larter » Blog Archive » Snappers to defy police ban

“The police have got no place making such warnings,” president Brian Walters SC said. “Merely to threaten is exceeding police powers and is an abuse of power.

While I am all for photographer freedom I think advising photographers to go against an explicit police warning is irresponsible.

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