As is demonstrated by my earlier post of video showing the LA cop’s abuse of a photographer, the post 9-11 world has opened the door to all sorts of restrictions on photographers (whether legislated or unilaterally exercised by police).
This authoritarian campaign against photography is no greater than in the United Kingdom, where the fear of terrorist attacks has police questioning and detaining photographers at an alarming rate.
Recently the UK photographic community organized and stood up to this government abuse. See the interesting political advocacy of a group of people who until know had been more known for chronicling history than making it: http://photographernotaterrorist.org/
