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Originally Posted by Alf
It's none of their business what he's doing, he doesn't have to answer them at all. Suspicion or in reality Police paranoia is not a crime.
I can’t go upto someone in the street and make a citizens arrest on them just because I personally think they might be up to no good, I'd get done for harassment. People have rights in this country and we must preserve them
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Of course it is their business.
He's filming outside a police station. Yes, it's public property, but it is going to cause suspicion until they can verify the reasons as to why he is doing it. He might have bad intentions for all they know.
If police suspect that a crime might be comitted then they are well within their rights. The fact someone is filming outside a police station when the threat level is suspicious gives them reasonable grounds to suspect that a crime might be comitted.
The police wouldn't just necessarily go up to someone filming, but when it's outside a police station they probably would.
Yes, people have rights and no one is stopping that. From a lot of the videos I have seen he has been asked nicely the reasons as to why he is filming. AB will then go off on one without listening to what they are saying. If he is completely open and honest from the start then there would probably be no problem, but he isn't. Saying that it's for matters of public interest doesn't mean anything and they want to keep everyone safe so just want to clarify.
BUT obviously, he wants them to be there as long as possible and argue with them because he gets views for it.