My last post here told of the seizure by Sussex Police of tape filmed at a demo in Brighton, covered by the excellent photo journalist Marc Vallee whose post on the issue can be found here: http://www.marcvallee.co.uk/blog/2010/09/police-seize-protesters-film/ A response by the Sussex Police has been posted on the blog in the comments section giving an in depth explanation of the officers actions. I leave you to your own view, but reading the comment gave me a little less reason to worry over the actions of the police, but only on this particular occasion. Thanks to @nickcloke for his response.

Reading this post from photographer Marc Vallee makes me worry. Using Section 19 of the Police And Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to seize film from a member of the public in a public place. We have yet to see whether the Police have overstepped the mark YET AGAIN in using spurious excuses when dealing with photographers and camera persons. Marc's blog and post is here: http://www.marcvallee.co.uk/blog/2010/09/police-seize-protesters-film/