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Police prosecutions after riots photographed by news and other photographers..

  • 30-04-2011 11:59am
    #1
    AnimalRights
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,067 ✭✭✭


    Yes I know the Cops also use photographers but I find that if the Police keep using normal photographers pics for identification and prosecutions ala the Student/Tesco Riots in the UK recently it's only a matter of time b4 the rioters will attack any photographers who they see as working for the authorities....and hence a threat to themselves.
    That can only be wrong.

    I would never hand my pics over to the cops.


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  • #2
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,639 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    AnimalRights wrote: »
    I would never hand my pics over to the cops.
    Never say never. I'm sure we can all think of circumstances where we would hand over images in a heartbeat.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #3
    AnCatDubh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,393 ✭✭✭AnCatDubh


    nothing particularly new though. police / media have always used available evidence including joe citizen's images.


  • #4
    AnimalRights
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,067 ✭✭✭AnimalRights


    aaahhh but not every 2nd person had slrs and the media is far bigger these days and the 2 riots I mention in particular had a lot of prosecutions/pending arising from them, put it like this if their was a riot here in dublin now and there were alot of undesirables involved I know for a fact that it'd be far harder for me to get pics then we say 5-10 years ago.


  • #5
    mdebets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,747 ✭✭✭mdebets


    AnimalRights wrote: »
    aaahhh but not every 2nd person had slrs and the media is far bigger these days and the 2 riots I mention in particular had a lot of prosecutions/pending arising from them, put it like this if their was a riot here in dublin now and there were alot of undesirables involved I know for a fact that it'd be far harder for me to get pics then we say 5-10 years ago.
    I think it has more to do with the likes of flickr and facebook.
    5-6 years ago, the police had to physically confiscate a film or the memory card. These days, they just need to go to flickr or facebook and get all the photos they want.


  • #6
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,880 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i don't think a photo harvested from flickr would stand up for a second in court on its own - there's no chain of evidence, no guarantee whatsoever it has not been altered, and no explanation of context.


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