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Filming in a public place
SteUK
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Just wondering what others thought of this.. I was just watching a video on liveleak of a blogger who was filming in Manchester last week where Ripper Street was being filmed (you can see the actors in costume on a break in the street). He's stopped by someone claiming he's a police officer (on his T shirt it says 'royalty protection CO14') and tries to stop him filming saying it's illegal, and that he needs his permission to film even in a public area? And even if the production company were filming, which they weren't, surely you could still stand and film it yourself if it's a public place? He ends up getting shoved down the street!
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c3a_1400795766
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c3a_1400795766
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Fat goon.
I saw that video and I doubt that the man really was a police officer you are allowed to film anyone you like in a public place regardless of whether they consent because it stands to reason that in a public place you have no reasonable expectation of privacy and the only exception I think is terrorism legislation so filming a military base from a public area might not be allowed.
What an absolute prick.
However, impersonating a police officer is a serious offence.
Some coppers try to scare members of the public with digital cameras/camcorders into not filming, probably because the copper is embarrassed about being caught on film. The fact that the film company was film shows that the copper was probably talking a load of crap.
Honestly I doubt it was a real police officer though
*The rules:-
1. get some young toerag who'se beaten up some pensioner, violated their ASBO several times and the courts won't touch him.
2: Get the victim's friends, relatives and the victim and give them baseball bats, cricket bats, studded gloves and Doctor Marten boots.
3. Give the 'don't hurt the poor, harmless, misunderstood mugger' do-gooders the best seats and put them in the pillories (Clockwork Orange style so they can't close their eyes or move their heads) so they're forced to watch
4. Set th victim, their friends and relatives onto the toerag.
5. The game ends when the Toerag's in a wheelchair for life, begging for their life, left in a blooded pulp.
I think the so called 'copper' is a right lying git because a copper won't get aggressive with you as you're walking away. He's a right lying git. I knew he wasn't a copper when he couldn't even state what that particular law was even closely.
I'm beginning to realise that now.
I mean FFS, what off duty police officer spends his rest days playing rentacop and wearing a tee shirt that basically says 'I'm a copper' on it! Only wannabes who want people to believe they're a copper do that.
What a dick that thug is!
I would be interesting to know if he got charged for impersonating a police officer, as a clearly stated he was on video.
I've seen several similar videos on Liveleak from this website: PINAC Photography is Not a Crime. It's US based, but I think their laws are pretty similar to ours, in that it's not illegal to film in a public place.
If he actually is a copper, then he's probably one of those that has no friends outside of the force.
With his night stick/asp, quick cuffs and taser displayed on his living room wall
He wasn't a copper. He was a private security guard trying to pass himself off as a police officer.
Let's hope he gets charged. Can't stand thugs like that.
This particular line of his made me laugh, said in response to Veitch asking whether he was breaking any law:
"The law you're breaking at the moment, is a personal law, although it's a civil act, it makes no difference, it can well be put into a law yes."
Yes, I did realise that after I posted my comment.
Yeah, he's a lying git. This will hopefully make him think twice before thinking he's big with someone else. Charlie knows the laws though and you could see the lying git getting edgy once he began to realise that he couldn't just scare him off with lies.
If you're talking about Charlie Veitch, I think his videos are great. I've watched quite a few of them. It's quite funny to see security people realising that they can't scare off a member of the public with lies, and that he actually knows the laws regarding filming in public places.