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Originally posted by piratenews:
Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest

Man held in police station for eight hours after taking pictures of Christmas celebrations in Accrington

video: www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/21/photographer-films-anti-terror-arres
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Footage recorded on a video camera by Bob Patefield, a former paramedic, shows how police approached him and a fellow photography enthusiast in Accrington town centre. They were told they were being questioned under the Terrorism Act.

He and his friend were taking photographs of Christmas festivities on 19 December, after attending a photography exhibition. The last images on his camera before he was stopped show a picture of a Santa Claus, people in fancy dress and a pipe band marching through the town.

He turned on his video camera the moment he was approached by a police community support officer (PCSO). In the footage, she said: "Because of the Terrorism Act and everything in the country, we need to get everyone's details who is taking pictures of the town."

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