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Police Forcibly Detain Press Photographer

JasonNParkinson
Monday 18 May, 2009 - 8:20pm.

While covering the London Tamil protest press photographer and NUJ member Justin Tallis was violently grabbed by TSG police officers and detained. Although he asked why he was "being arrested" he received no answer.

He was detained in a police van, questioned by police and name checked on the Police National Computer system. Other NUJ photographers and journalists negotigated his release. NUJ General Secretary spoke to an inspector at the scene via cell phone and also demanded the release of Tallis.

Links

Stills by Marc Vallee and Jonathan Warren

http://www.marcvallee.co.uk/blog/2009/05/police-forcibly-detain-press-photograph...

http://jwarren.co.uk/photos/protest/justin/

NUJ complaints on the previous weeks' Tamil protest policing

http://www.nuj.org.uk/innerPagenuj.html?docid=1231

Film: London Tamil Protest Policing Questioned

http://current.com/items/90060244_london-tamil-protest-policing-questioned.htm

Blog

http://jasonnparkinson.blogspot.com/2009/05/london-tamil-protest-policing.html

http://jasonnparkinson.blogspot.com/
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