Spain to Ban Photos Of Police. Unable to cope with bad press from beating civilians

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http://www.npr.org/2012/11/21/165675...otos-of-police

Amid Protests, Spain Tries Banning Photos Of Police by Lauren Frayer




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November 21, 2012
As anti-austerity protests spread around the country, the Spanish government is drafting a law prohibiting citizens from taking photos and video of riot police on the job. Video already released on YouTube shows police firing rubber bullets into crowds and beating demonstrators. The proposed ban on citizen photography seems to have prompted even more people to join protests and take pictures, including 12 year old Paula Carrasco.

[thoughtomator]

I predict Spanish-language EXIF stripper program downloads are going to be suddenly very popular.

[talkingpointes]

I predict Spanish-language EXIF stripper program downloads are going to be suddenly very popular.

Whats the point, there is always tineye.

[Origanalist]

This will be a case study of what happens when you ban something.

[paulbot24]

Do we really need more case law on this? As Ron Paul likes to say, "Tyranny is old."

[Origanalist]

Do we really need more case law on this? As Ron Paul likes to say, "Tyranny is old."

Apparently some people haven't recieved the memo..

[paulbot24]

I believe this man sums up the European situation perfectly.

[Confederate]

The UK has already done this.

[Dr.3D]

From the video footage I saw, it seemed like if the police would have just gone home, nobody would have gotten hurt.

[Demigod]

From the video footage I saw, it seemed like if the police would have just gone home, nobody would have gotten hurt.

If the police goes home,the government buildings will burn.The problem is the protesters are protesting for all the wrong reasons.Even if they get what they want ,it will only devastate the countries even more.

For example in Greece they take a 14th paycheck + a Christmas and New Years Bonus and they retire at ages like 55-60 ( in my country they are going to raise it to 67 because there is no money in the pensions fund ).And they are protesting for the government not to cut those benefits although they have an enormous deficit.

The EU is also just completely destroying them further.All the bailouts come with a condition that Greece must buy a certain amount of weapons from France and Germany so the Greeks in a depression are buying frigates from France at a total price of 1 billion ,and buying Abrams tanks from the US when they can hardly afford ammunition for the 300 Leopards they bought let alone fuel for the Abrams.