London: Police fine pedestrian £90 for disorderly behaviour after he tries to cover his face from facial recognition camera

Police have fined a pedestrian £90 for disorderly behaviour after he tried to cover his face when he saw a controversial facial recognition camera on a street in London.

Officers set up the camera on a van in Romford, East London, which then cross-checked photos of faces of passers-by against a database of wanted criminals. But one man was unimpressed about being filmed and covered his face with his hat and jacket, before being stopped by officers who took his picture anyway. The man was then fined £90 at the scene by officers..

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Wow. They really have no rights or control over there, do they?

Police have fined a pedestrian £90 for disorderly behaviour after he tried to cover his face when he saw a controversial facial recognition camera on a street in London.

Officers set up the camera on a van in Romford, East London, which then cross-checked photos of faces of passers-by against a database of wanted criminals. But one man was unimpressed about being filmed and covered his face with his hat and jacket, before being stopped by officers who took his picture anyway. The man was then fined £90 at the scene by officers..

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My God. Do they have no right to privacy at all?

Burkas up my English and Irish Celts brothers and sisters.

This is the only way to banned burkas..

Might be so

Do they still allow burkas?

meh... it'll just be a matter of time before you ca purchase a discreet facial identity scrambler on amazon.

Police have fined a pedestrian £90 for disorderly behaviour after he tried to cover his face when he saw a controversial facial recognition camera on a street in London.

Officers set up the camera on a van in Romford, East London, which then cross-checked photos of faces of passers-by against a database of wanted criminals. But one man was unimpressed about being filmed and covered his face with his hat and jacket, before being stopped by officers who took his picture anyway. The man was then fined £90 at the scene by officers..

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PCN's are illegal. Google Boevat.org.uk

No need to pay them ever again