Documentary photographer Jonathan Warren has recently written about his experience with some heavy-handed policing of journalists covering a protest in Brighton.
In his blog he writes that members of the Police Forward Intelligence Team (FIT) filmed him and a collegue as they sat in their car waiting for the protest to begin and continued to do so despite identifying themselves as members of the press.
A quote from his blog highlights his feelings:
"The Police’s job would certainly be easier if we weren’t around to photograph what they do, but there is a clearly a very good reason to do so."