A British photographer arrested and charged for simply doing his job covering the American police brutality protests in New York is to have all indictments dropped.

Adam Gray, 33, a New York-based photojournalist for agency SWNS, was thrown to the ground by police, restrained and handcuffed as he chronicled the violent rallies in the city last week.

He spent 12 hours in custody amongst the protestors before being charged with unlawful assembly near Union Square.