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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Police invent a word for the false arrest of a photographer

How about this for a combination of police heavy-handedness and plod jargon? Manchester Evening News photographer Sean Wilton was arrested while taking pictures of a brawl outside a Manchester court.

A Greater Manchester Police spokesman later said: "A photographer was arrested to prevent a breach of the peace and on suspicion of obstructing a police officer.

"Officers brought the situation under control and the photographer was de-arrested and subsequently released."

De-arrested! As a commenter to HoldTheFrontPage pointed out, the police managed to violate both freedom of the press and the English language.

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