Award-winning photographer Tolga Akmen says he was physically dragged away from the Conservative party conference and ‘thrown onto the pavement’ after being deemed 'a threat' by security.
He explained to Metro.co.uk that security claimed he was a ‘threat’ after not being let into the hall where the PM was giving her speech – before being grabbed by three photographers.
‘I was entering the conference hall for the speech after photographing the PM on the hotel bridge but a security guard didn’t let me in from the closest door to the hall and I argued briefly that I’m going to the photographers’ area’, Mr Akmen told us. ‘When I got to another door there were three security guards waiting for me and they grabbed me by the arms, ripped the accreditation off my chest and started dragging me and pushing me until they threw me out to the pavement without my jacket or rest of my gear. I had to wait in the rain with my T-shirt for an hour an half until a colleague could get my gear to me.It had been suggested to Metro.co.uk that security told the photographer he was being aggressive.
Journalist Dino Sofos, who shared the footage on Twitter, captioned it: ‘A photographer has just been dragged off the conference centre floor by security.’He was escorted to an exit and kicked out
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