Comments on: FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO CAPTURE NEWS EVENTS ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY http://cioj.co.uk/alerts/fight-for-those-who-capture-news-events-on-world-press-freedom-day.html Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:19:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stuart Litleford http://cioj.co.uk/alerts/fight-for-those-who-capture-news-events-on-world-press-freedom-day.html/comment-page-1#comment-9878 Stuart Litleford Thu, 20 May 2010 06:44:54 +0000 http://cioj.co.uk/?p=599#comment-9878 Only yesterday I was filming from a public street a collapsed building with persons trapped I was stod at the side of the road along with all the onlookers with a video camera clearly marked as GPSJ TV still I was asked what I was doing filming and warned not to film the person being removed from the building, later as the person was removed the police pushed everyone further and further back and they deliberately along with fire personel blocked my camera view even though I was over 200 yds away as I complained to their press officeon the phone an officer assaulted me be grabbing my jacket with both hands and throwing me back into a parked fire engine hitting my head and camera, i was simply stood on the street and had moved back when asked. These so called public servants are really trying to stop the press doing theie work it's not as if it was a public order problem or I was giving the copper any verbal etc. See video and article. http://www.gpsj.co.uk/view-article.asp?articleid=235 Only yesterday I was filming from a public street a collapsed building with persons trapped I was stod at the side of the road along with all the onlookers with a video camera clearly marked as GPSJ TV still I was asked what I was doing filming and warned not to film the person being removed from the building, later as the person was removed the police pushed everyone further and further back and they deliberately along with fire personel blocked my camera view even though I was over 200 yds away as I complained to their press officeon the phone an officer assaulted me be grabbing my jacket with both hands and throwing me back into a parked fire engine hitting my head and camera, i was simply stood on the street and had moved back when asked. These so called public servants are really trying to stop the press doing theie work it’s not as if it was a public order problem or I was giving the copper any verbal etc.

See video and article.

http://www.gpsj.co.uk/view-article.asp?articleid=235

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