The police, fresh from their riot at the Windsor pop festival last month, continued the practice they had adopted there of persistently harassing and in sonie cases physically assaulting press press photographers.
Ron McCormick, a Freelance photographer who had secured widely-publisbed pictures of the police attack at Windsor, was punched in the face by a police officer when the National Front made their about-tur into Shaftesbury Avenue. McCormick's glasses were smashed, and Larry Herman, another freelance who was close by, was thrown a punch when he attempted to photograph the assault on McCormick. You fucking photographers' yelled the genteel policeman as he hit out.
'The problem about recording these assaults, says Herman, is thal it's very difficult to get your camera co your lace when three or Tour cops are tearing down on you. There's the danger that they wilt simply punch it into your face.
A Swedish photographer was thrown bodily over a motorbike, and another had his camera knocked from his bands and trampled on by the police, who throughout the march instructed photographers to Keep away from the fascists. The police strategy becasse transparent when the NF entered Lincoln'e Inn police to the obrious delight of the passing NF marchers. Fields, Photographers were not allowed in until the officer in charge was satisfied that there would be no clashes.
Action on the assaults, harassment. and restrictions imposed on pootomapaus be considered by members of the National Union of Journalists at a specially cailed meeting to be heid salutes of the IS served to reinforce the identification of the NF as a On 16 June Wist indian Worid photographer Caudiey George was arrested at the Red produce his press card. So on Saturday he made sure he took it with him. But as our photo shows, it didn't make much difference-George was again viciously assaulted by Inn Road, London WCI, at 1 pm on 17 September.
who have expericaced police interference are urged to attend, or to movements is to send evidence to Larry Herman care of the above address.