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This is a link post Man to sue Police over surveillance
This is a kind of interesting adjunct to some of the posts here during the royal wedding. /links seems to be quite anti-protest and anti-freedom of speech. Have a read. Stopped while helping a relative move house because his car registration was picked up by a traffic camera and alerted police. nice.
 (poocheim No al calcio moderno, Tue 3 May 2011, 11:53, Reply)
This is a normal post not anti-protest or anti-freedom
just anti-twat...


pick your battles and make them worth-wile...instead of being an attention seeking cunt.

haven't read the link... just referring to the /links comment.
 (DefyingDarwin Old, untalented and white,, Tue 3 May 2011, 12:02, Reply)
This is a normal post ^very much this
With added "if you're going to get caught knowingly breaking the law, try not to be a whiny little bitch about it".
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 3 May 2011, 12:04, Reply)
This is a normal post ^THIS
Live on an island for one if you can't cope with laws.
 (pissflaps. FSPW, Tue 3 May 2011, 12:10, Reply)
This is a normal post ^I also concur

(RBFesquire I shit badgers for breakfast, Tue 3 May 2011, 13:45, Reply)
This is a normal post I concur with this concurrational concurration.

(BombayMick Dogs are better than cats, Tue 3 May 2011, 14:19, Reply)
This is a normal post more attention seeking twattism
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/audio/2009/mar/06/surveillance-justice yup not anti-protest or anti-freedom just anti-twat. brilliant. well here's another interesting 'cunty' link.
 (poocheim No al calcio moderno, Tue 3 May 2011, 19:33, Reply)
This is a normal post great link
and very worrying
 (Moob moobs, Tue 3 May 2011, 12:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Is it against the law for me to follow someone and write down details of their entire day like I'm a private detective?
just curious because that would obviously be worse and even more intrusive. Or like a newspaper reporter. I hope this man doesn't talk to the press, they're clearly far worse than the police.

It's a bit weird what the police are doing in terms of simply discovering someone can tell you where you were and what you were doing better than your own memory, but I'm not sure what harm it's doing.
It's kind of impressive that the police are paying attention and making notes on these things, or would he rather they ignored everyone, including the extremists that turn up to protests, draw layouts of things etc etc
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 3 May 2011, 12:12, Reply)
This is a normal post 'if you aren't doing anything wrong then you have nothing to worry about'

(I helped save b3ta! mutated monty, Tue 3 May 2011, 12:40, Reply)
This is a normal post indeed, and sometimes its reassuring that people are keeping an eye on you in case you take a tumble!
but back to my first question, does anyone know if it is legal to follow someone and record everything they are doing when you are not a policeman?
If its legal for normal people, reporters or private eyes to do it, what is this guy complaining about?

Also, isn't he being a bit of a hypocritical cunt if he was drawing who was there and where the police stood?
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 3 May 2011, 12:52, Reply)
This is a normal post You can do whatever you like in a public space
so long as you're not harassing that person. Which probably means that if said person got annoyed enough at your actions, they might be able to use the law to stop that annoyance.
 (I helped save b3ta! Pew Pew Pew! Lasers! wannabe Gong Farmer, Tue 3 May 2011, 14:45, Reply)
This is a normal post right, so if I'm not spotted I can create my own massive dossier on this bloke
brilliant!

maybe I've already started :D
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 3 May 2011, 14:51, Reply)
This is a normal post It happens with
celebs all the time. Huge scrapbooks of every newspaper cutting, camping outside houses etc. If it goes too far, it can be a criminal act, as in the Rio Ferdinand case recently.
 (I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Tue 3 May 2011, 15:00, Reply)
This is a normal post it makes it hard for me to think that what the police is doing is bad
when in theory they have the best intentions and there are so many more mental people doing far worse yet not breaking the law
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 3 May 2011, 15:16, Reply)
This is a normal post And if you aren't doing anything wrong you don't need watching doing it.

(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Tue 3 May 2011, 13:20, Reply)
This is a normal post but you can't know someone is doing anything wrong without watching them
I'd rather there was a chance police could prevent a serious crime than they had to see every disaster happen before slowly working their way back through evidence to say "ooh, it was him", especially if by this non observation approach witness statements couldn't be taken or neighbours/family members couldn't be asked about suspects because just looking at anyone around you and remembering what they did was some kind of fascist control. :D
 (I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 3 May 2011, 13:53, Reply)
This is a normal post as someone who loves attention...
if no ones watching, you've got something to worry about.
 (DefyingDarwin Old, untalented and white,, Tue 3 May 2011, 14:08, Reply)
This is a normal post And if you take statements like that seriously, you're not much of a thinker.

(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 3 May 2011, 14:16, Reply)
This is a normal post it gets more fascist here every fucking day
great article.
 (I helped save b3ta! Avast is still alive!!!!, Tue 3 May 2011, 12:37, Reply)
This is a normal post I used to be a screaming left wing liberal
when i was a kid... and as i grew up my political leanings have only become more centralised.


real Life...and taxes...the two greatest threats to liberalism.
 (DefyingDarwin Old, untalented and white,, Tue 3 May 2011, 12:38, Reply)
This is a normal post i was branded a 'lefty cunt' to a group EDL on the other week
tru fax.
 (chocolatelemming, Tue 3 May 2011, 13:05, Reply)
This is a normal post If there is anyone who abuses freedom of speech,
its the fucking EDL. I think it should be changed to 'rationality of speech'.
 (RBFesquire I shit badgers for breakfast, Tue 3 May 2011, 13:59, Reply)
This is a normal post That's half the country locked up right there.
Rational speech? haha!
 (BombayMick Dogs are better than cats, Tue 3 May 2011, 14:22, Reply)
This is a normal post Now I've actually read the link
I've found out he's associated with Smash EDO, who are a bunch of cunts of the highest order. They're running a campaign of harassment similar to that which was waged against Huntingdon Life Sciences.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 3 May 2011, 12:42, Reply)
This is a normal post This.

(I helped save b3ta! prince-igor si tacuisses, philosophus mansisses, Tue 3 May 2011, 14:05, Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah he is a really danger
On another occasion he was logged as having "sat on a folding chair and appeared to be sketching" at a demonstration.

welcome to B3DL.
 (Captain_lambkin adifferent.me, Tue 3 May 2011, 14:44, Reply)
This is a normal post Sketching what?
Sketching pretty bunnies and rainbows, or the security systems of the premises the protest is at? We don't know and we'll never know unless the police take an interest in these sorts of things.

Seriously, if you're at all bothered about the police taking an interest in you, maybe you'd want to stop hanging around with known extremists such as say... oh I don't know. Smash EDO perhaps.

This is nothing to do with the EDL either so you're not really helping your case there.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 3 May 2011, 15:17, Reply)
This is a normal post When did The Guardian become a tabloid?

(I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Tue 3 May 2011, 13:03, Reply)
This is a normal post What do you mean, did they take a line opposite yours?

(I helped save b3ta! BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Tue 3 May 2011, 13:26, Reply)
This is a normal post No.
I mean all this big brother-paranoia-everything is black and white lazy-ass journalism.
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Tue 3 May 2011, 14:59, Reply)
This is a normal post is that the guardian or the telegraph?

(Mehitabel_Itrang, Tue 3 May 2011, 19:17, Reply)
This is a normal post :-)

(I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Wed 4 May 2011, 10:13, Reply)
This is a normal post It does seem a bit dodgy,
right up to the point where they talk about Smash EDO. This is a group that has been involved in a spate of criminal acts, and it seems they're going to continue.

It's part of the polices job to protect the company, and if they're any good at that job it should involve being pro-avtive, and gathering intelligence on the group's members.

I happen to agree with Smash EDO's sentiments, although, not some of their methods, but all I can see here is police doing what they are meant to do.

It will be interesting to see what happens with the case.
 (I helped save b3ta! The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Tue 3 May 2011, 14:23, Reply)
This is a normal post Sorry but fuck the Guardian for using "scary" music in their video, no matter how relevant the news report is.
That's the point at which I closed the page.
 (I helped save b3ta! Pew Pew Pew! Lasers! wannabe Gong Farmer, Tue 3 May 2011, 14:46, Reply)
This is a normal post Isnt the point of a protest
to get noticed? You can hardly then complain if you do. I also like the irony that this horrible police state has a law in place that allows him to read the files they have on him! North Korea are a bunch of amateurs compared to the UK.
 (I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Tue 3 May 2011, 14:54, Reply)
This is a normal post :D

(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 3 May 2011, 15:27, Reply)