We’ve had some debate of what’s the proper term for sousveillance/ coveillance/ equiveillance, but I’m pretty sure this is sousveillance — a youth in London filmed a cop putting his friend into a garbage can.
Textually and The Times call it “a twist” in happy slapping: apparently a couple of police officers went to a park where some kids were supposed to be throwing conkers (horse chestnuts) at people. The two guys started filming the police, and wouldn’t stop, and one of them ended up in the bin. That must be some of that new community-based policing people are talking about…
Anyhow, they’ve got the video, and are considering legal action, and the cop’s under investigation too. The lesson here is that nothing is really secret anymore — everybody’s carrying a recorder of some kind around.