Photographer Captures 300 Locations of Fatal Police Shootings in the US
A photographer spent years memorializing 300 sites where people had died in police shootings across the U.S.
Historic Press Photos Capture Police Brutality During the 1967 Newark Riots
Photojournalist Bud Lee was shooting a portrait of a Wall Street stockbroker when he got the call to say that a civil uprising was underway in nearby Newark, New Jersey.
Photographer Claims Police Threw Him onto an Exploding Gas Canister
A documentary photographer has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Homeland Security, alleging that during a protest in 2020, they threw him onto a gas canister that exploded beneath him, causing third-degree burns.
Photojournalist Arrested at BLM Protest Wins Lawsuit Against Police
An independent photojournalist that sued the D.C. Police following his arrest for filming a protest in 2020 has won a settlement.
Shocking AP Photo Leads to Internal Investigation of Kenyan Police
AP photographer Ben Curtis recently captured a photograph seen round the world. A brutal and shocking image that has sparked outrage and forced Kenya's police chief to launch an internal investigation. (Warning: Some of the content in the video above is graphic. Proceed at your own risk.)
Photographer Gets Beaten by Baltimore Police, Gets Up and Keeps Shooting Protests
Baltimore photojournalist J. M. Giordano of the City Paper has been on the front lines of protests in the wake of Freddie Gray's death in police custody. Yesterday morning, Giordano and another protestor were apparently swarmed by police officers and beaten -- and the whole thing was caught on camera.
Animated Documentary Explains The UK Terrorism Act and How it Affects Photogs
In response to September 11th and London Bombings, the UK drafted a series of Terrorism Acts, giving their officers certain rights they thought would help fight terrorism. This included a section (58a) added in 2008 that made it illegal to photograph or film a police officer if the footage was likely to be useful to a terrorist. The police's interpretation of that section has since changed, but not before that "if" caused some newsworthy controversy.
This short animated documentary covers that controversy from the point of view of one of the act's victims, Gemma Atkinson, who was assaulted by police in 2009 because she was filming them searching her boyfriend. It tells the story of the subsequent legal battle she went through trying to get the act changed and hold the police officers who were unnecessarily rough with her accountable.
Greek Police Under Fire After ‘Shopping Injuries Out of Mug Shots
Mug shots and airbrushing are both photography-related, but they aren't commonly found together in stories. Not so with some ongoing controversy over in Greece, though. The police there may soon be under investigation after releasing a number of mug shots that appear to have been Photoshopped.
Why would they 'shop photos of suspected criminals, you ask? The claim is that the images were edited to hide injuries that were inflicted by officers during (or after) the arrests.
Freedom of the Press Begins with You
Here’s a disturbing video called “If You See Something, Film Something” that shows why it’s important that citizens have …