I walked past The Connection at St. Martin-In-The-Field last Thursday and saw an unconscious handcuffed man lying on the floor surrounded by police officers, one of them in plain clothes.
As soon as I started photographing him I was challenged by them. Questions were asked like why am I doing it and was threatened that my camera will be seized. After a brief conversation and explaining I am a member of a press they let me loose.
But what am I meant to think seeing an unconscious handcuffed man bleeding from his wrists? One police officer tells me he banged his head therefore the blood. Oh really? The only blood I saw was the one pouring from his wrists and saliva coming out of his mouth.
Police even called for back up and within minutes 2 police vans arrived. Well, they obviously knew more and weren't keen to share any other info with me at all. God knows what happened. Police being a bit too hard on a tramp? Or was he causing trouble? Or maybe he just passed out. When I returned to the scene 10 mins later the man was still unconscious but had no handcuffs on. Sadly I wasn't able to get another snap.
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