{"id":153,"date":"2009-02-16T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/u75blog\/?p=153"},"modified":"2010-03-18T14:50:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T14:50:39","slug":"photography-protest-scotland-yard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/photography-protest-scotland-yard\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography protest: Scotland Yard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, photographers and filmmakers &#8211; and the political activist and comedian Mark Thomas &#8211; gathered in their hundreds outside New Scotland Yard to exercise their democratic right to take a photograph in a public place.<\/p>\n<p>The event was in defiance of Section 76 of the Counter Terrorism Act 2008 which became law today.<\/p>\n<p>The new legislation gives the police powers to arrest photographers for taking and publishing a picture of a cop if the police decide that it is &#8216;likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/images\/photographers-protest-02.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photographers protest against Section 76, Scotland Yard, London, 16th Feb 2009\" hspace=\"0\" width=\"425\" height=\"274\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/images\/photographers-protest-04.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photographers protest against Section 76, Scotland Yard, London, 16th Feb 2009\" hspace=\"0\" width=\"425\" height=\"282\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/photos\/protest\/images\/photographers-protest-05.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photographers protest against Section 76, Scotland Yard, London, 16th Feb 2009\" hspace=\"0\" width=\"425\" height=\"282\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"clear: left; 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