Famous architecture photographer swarmed by multiple police vehicles in London for refusing to tell security guard why he was photographing famous church Boing Boing

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Famous architecture photographer swarmed by multiple police vehicles in London for refusing to tell security guard why he was photographing famous church

A crack squad of London cops — three cars and a riot van — converged on a famous architectural photographer who was taking a picture of Christopher Wren’s 300 year old Christ Chur…

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Grant Smith, the photographer, refused to tell a Bank of America security guard what he was doing (he wasn’t on B of A property) and so the guard called in the police. When the police arrived, Smith was searched and questioned under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act.