Is that true?
No photography in public?
I really don't believe it. Hahahahaha.
Are they mad?
Where is Steve Stevens when you really need him.

I don't believe it is Worthing Borough Council enforcing this though, I don't believe it is anything to do with them.

It's the shopwatch scheme which WBC doesn't run.

If this is a direct result of WBC's actions I will be right behind in getting to the bottom of the matter. Photographers have rights! We're not terrorists, we're not jihadists, we're folks with hobbies that don't involve, drink, drugs and screaming after coming back from the pub at midnight.

That said I do think there was part of the video cut out where it appears the warden asked for his photo not to be taken but that was ignored by the photographer -- that would indeed be very bad on the chap taking the photo.

BUT, I will always stand up for the right for photographers to practice in a respectful manner. One thing I will say is these folks were photographing CCTV cameras 10 years on, was the fact a warden did say no to having his photo and then the attempt to remove said photo(s) played into the hands of making a scene which is what was wanted? I don't know, we don't know.

What's more, Worthing Borough Council actively promotes on their web homepage for people to take views of Worthing, and they put the best ones on the front page...That doesn't make sense if they're treating photographers like criminal terrorists.

I agree that people should be allowed to take photographs of whatever they like in a public place, but that is not the issue here. The people involved were not there to take photographs of Montaqgue Street, which lets face it is not a particularly interesting subject - they were there to antagonise the security guards. The security guard shown on the video was well within his rights to ask them to stop taking photos of him and his colleagues. You have to remember that the people involved aren't really interested in yours or my civil liberties, they are trying (badly) to be subversive when there really are more important things in the world to get upset about (Zimbabwe perhaps?).