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Ahead of G20 summit, council told to switch off illegal £15m CCTV network – Guardian.co.uk: The security operation at this week’s G20 summit was thrown into chaos last night when it emerged that the entire network of central London’s wireless CCTV cameras will have to be turned off because of a legal ruling.
The Department for Transport has ruled that Westminster council’s mobile road cameras – a third of the authority’s CCTV network – “do not fully meet the resolution standards required” and must be switched off by midnight tomorrow.
That’s interesting. CCTV cameras going dark at a time when it has become illegal to film or take photos of the police in England. Somehow I find the timing to be quite convenient, especially with the G20 summit taking place in London. Well, with so many cameras around London, I really don’t think it will make much difference. People planning to protest have already been arrested under terrorism laws.
‘Activists’ arrested under terrorism law – Independent.co.uk
olice used anti-terrorism laws to arrest five people they suspect of planning to disrupt Thursday’s G20 summit, it emerged yesterday.
Three men and two women, who were thought to be political activists, were taken into police custody on Friday after police officers discovered imitation weapons, fireworks and political literature during a search of a flat in Plymouth.
That’s anti-capitalism literature that was found. Businesses around London where protests will take place are boarding up their doors and windows.
