An Italian student has won an out-of-court settlement with police after she was stopped under anti-terrorist legislation while filming buildings in London, and later arrested, held in a cell for five hours and then fined.
Simona Bonomo filmed the moment she was approached by two police community support officers (PCSOs) in Paddington, west London, and later gave the footage to the Guardian.
The video, which went viral, showed one of the officers — PSCO Thomas Cooke — question the art student about why she was filming buildings iconic to us
and demand to see images on her camera. In doing so he claimed to have powers that he did not have.
He and another PCSO then departed, only to return with other police officers who accused Bonomo, 34, of being aggressive. She was bundled to the ground and arrested — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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