UK dad called "pervert" for photographing his own children in park
The War on Photographers in the United Kingdom has reached a level of preposterous paranoia after a married father was accused of being a “pervert” for photographing his own sons in a public park.
As shown in the picture above, Gary Crutchley was photographing his sons, ages 5 and 7, as they slid down an inflatable slide when the operator of the slide ordered him to stop.
As he pleaded his innocence, other families ordered him to stop taking photos as well, according to the Daily Mail.
“She told me I could not take pictures of other people’s children. I explained that I was only interested in taking photographs of my own children and pointed out that this was taking place in a public park.
“I then showed her the photos I had taken to prove my point.
“Then another woman joined in and said her child was also on the slide and did not want me taking pictures of the youngster. I repeated that the only people being photographed were my own children.
“She then said I could be taking pictures of just any child to put on the internet and called me a pervert.”
Crutchley, 39, was so enraged he called over a couple of police officers, who to their credit, took his side in the matter.
’The two police officers confirmed that I had been perfectly within my rights to take photographs of my own children in the park.”
Below is a picture of Cruthley and his family.
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Comments
And I thought I was paranoid. That’s absurd. La gente estan loca!
I wonder what Jorge is going say on this one.
I guess the baby Madeleine case has every parent in Britain freaked out. Still, its quite paranoid. What a world we live in, huh?
I didn’t think it was possible for anyplace to be more screwed up than the US, but it looks like the UK is getting there.
It is so unbeleivable that this country has so many filthy minded people who think they have the right to accuse photographers of being perverts.
Well, I dunno. He looks like a pervert to me.
It’s papers like the Daily Mail/Daily Express/The Sun, and news channels like Sky who whip up hysteria like this all the time.
Maybe if he’s had the chutzpah to tell’m to stick it where the sun don’t shine he’d now be awaiting a really big paday.
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