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Four broadcasting organizations were ordered by a judge yesterday to give the police the untransmitted film of a riot in Whitechapel, East London, last month.
In a separate move, police have asked 25 print and broadcasting organizations to hand over all photographic and video material of violence at Welling, Kent, 10 days ago, and to provide a full list of reporters and photographers attending.
Media lawyers believe it is the first time that police have demanded such a list. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) said yesterday that the Metropolitan Police"s action endangered the safety of those reporting outbreaks of disorder.
Judge Gerald Butler ruled in the Whitechapel case at Southwark crown court that public interest demanded the BBC, ITN, Sky News and London News Network should surrender footage of violence. Establishing the guilt or innocence of those involved "for outweighed perceived loss of integrity" of the TV companies.
The violence on September 10 involved 300 mainly Asian demonstrators outside the Royal London Hospital where a man was in a coma following a racist attack. Thirty-one police officers and five members of the public were injured.
Judge Butler said: "This material is crucial to these matters. I do not see how the integrity and impartiality of these involved should be affected when it is an order of the courts."
A spokeswoman for ITN declined to comment on the Southwark case, but said the BBC, ITN and Sky and agreed common guidelines for dealing with police requests for film.
Under the guidelines broadcasters would require a signed statement from police, giving precise details of an alleged offence and the location where it was supposed to have occurred. The guidelines are designed to prevent a general fishing expedition by the police.
INT said: "We do not want to impede or obstruct the course of justice, but we have our impartial reporting and reputation to maintain."
Forty-one demonstrators and 19 police officers were injured in violence at Welting, which erupted when Anti-Nazi League protesters were prevented from marching on a British National Party bookshop. A letter from Detective Inspector Brian George warns editors that failure to hand over material will result in a crown court application under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act.
Tim Gopsill, spokesman for the NUJ, exposed surprise that the police were seeking material from Welling because they had used their own photographers and cameramen to record the march. He accused the police of carrying out a general trawl for material.
At least five photographers had been attacked at Welling, Mr. Gopsill said. Photographers would be put in serious danger if demonstrators believed their pictures were going to be used to prosecute them.
A number of demonstrators who took part in the Trafalgar Square toll tax riot of 1990 were jailed as a result of photographic evidence obtained by police form media organizations.
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The police demanded to be given all of the following, except ______.