From snapshot to Special Branch: how my camera made me a terror suspect | guardian.co.uk

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From snapshot to Special Branch: how my camera made me a terror suspect

Casual shots of London’s Gherkin attract stop and search just days after police were reminded street photography is no offence

via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/dec/11/snapshot-special-branch-terror-suspect

It felt like a minor terror alert. Four security guards were watching me, whispering into microphones on their collars. A plainclothes police officer had just covered my camera lens, mentioned the words “hostile reconnaissance” and told me I would be followed around the city if I moved.