London freelancer Jess Hurd was photographing guests leaving a wedding she was hired to shoot when police approached here to see what she was doing. She was trying to be cooperative so she could get back to work when police informed her she could be doing “hostile reconnaissance”. She was being stopped and questioned under ‘Section 44 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act”.
Unlike other stop and search powers that the police can use, Section 44 does not require the police to have “reasonable suspicion” that an offence has been committed, to search an individual. -wikipedia
Thats when the police forcibly took her camera and told her they can do anything under the terrorism act. Then they told her that she could not use the footage and the police owned the copyright.
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