Posts Tagged ‘ police ’

Banksy vs The Police vs Tox

June 23, 2011
Banksy vs The Police vs Tox

Oh, the irony. Graffiti icon Banksy has created a new piece in London – a tribute to the ubiquitous tagger and recently criminal damage-convicted, Tox. At Tox’s trial on June 6th, prosecutor Hugo Lodge told the jury: “He is no Banksy. He doesn’t have the artistic skills”, and he was subsequently found guilty on...
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People Have The Power

March 28, 2011
People Have The Power

London has seen more protests on its streets in the past six months than in the more than six years I have been living in the city. Students marched in November 2010 over news that Nick Clegg, deputy Prime Minister, had U-turned on his pre-election pledge to scrap university tuition fees, and was now...
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Photographic Terrorism

February 16, 2009
Photographic Terrorism

The British Government has branded anyone with a camera a possible terrorist with a new law introduced this week. The law – marked with a protest by hundreds of photographers outside Scotland Yard – means that anyone taking a photograph that contains a member of the police, military or certain government personnel, will essentially...
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