Police stop tourist snaps of Walthamstow Bus Station


A FATHER and his teenage son have complained to the police after two Community Support officers forced them to delete photos of Walthamstow buses in order to “prevent terrorism“. The Austrian tourists were also asked for their passport numbers and details of the hotel where they were staying.

The Guardian reported the story, along with ITV News (see clip above).

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Earlier in the year Walthamstow blogger “Crap Cycling & Walking in Waltham Forest” was instructed by police to delete photographs of a bus that had crashed into McDonald’s on Hoe Street.
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