On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:57:04 -0000, "John Burke"
wrote:
>Worrying. Their only real objective seems to be to intimidation.
I totally agree with the criticisms being levelled against these two
people who behaved with incredible arrogance, disregard, and ignorance
of the law. However, the start of the clips of the actual
confrontation do show that the most officious and unpleasant of the
two did appear to be being tracked by the camera for a few seconds.
Now, I would be unlikely to throw a wobbly if this happened to me, and
certainly I wouldn't if it happened for the short length of time we
see, but perhaps some people's sensitivities to being filmed without
asking permission is greater than others.
Is there a legal viewpoint on the tracking of people by private
individuals using a video camera in public places?
Even if there is, my feeling is that one should just ignore it, or
else do something a bit flamboyant (take a sweeping deep bow to the
camera, for instance) if one sees someone doing this to one. Certainly
I don't think private individuals should react in the appalling way we
saw these two "officers" react, and even more so, officials should
never react in this way.
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