Category: Civil Unrest, Protest
2011 Annual march against custody deaths
Saturday 29th October 2011 - Assemble: South side of Nelsons Column, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN UNITED FAMILIES & FRIENDS CAMPAIGN (UFFC) PROTEST AGAINST CUSTODY DEATHS! Silent Procession along Whitehall followed by Noisy Protest at Downing Street! Further info: contact United
FIT Watch: watching the watchers
The Metropolitan police's forward intelligence teams (Fits) have been around for more than a decade, and senior officers say they are a vital tool in keeping tabs on protesters.
2011 Annual march against custody deaths
Saturday 29th October 2011 - Assemble: South side of Nelsons Column, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN UNITED FAMILIES & FRIENDS CAMPAIGN (UFFC) PROTEST AGAINST CUSTODY DEATHS! Silent Procession along Whitehall followed by Noisy Protest at Downing Street! Further info: contact United
Troy Davis campaigners vow to fight ‘inhumane and inflexible’ death penalty
In statistical terms, it may have been just another execution, a convicted murderer dispatched by prison medics with clinical efficiency. But, on the morning after the death by lethal injection of Troy Davis, there was no sign that the controversy
G20: another version of the truth – the police assault on Ian Tomlinson in context
Two more of the Forward Intelligence (FIT) officers who witnessed (and ignored) the attack on Ian Tomlinson have been identified as U2934 PC Colin Nye (F3) and U2337 PC Carl Small (F4) from the TSG. Colin Nye is the officer
The riots may have been meaningless, but at least they stood for something
Firstly, and most obviously, the riots are terrible. They involve a lot of violence and destruction. A lot of English people have responded with anger at the riots: they feel their society is being destroyed. Secondly, there appears to be
Police face fury after death of African man
More than 250 people from the local African-Australian community gathered in Flemington yesterday to demand a full investigation into the death of Michael Atakelt, 22, found dead in the Maribyrnong River on July 7. Many present, representing local families and
Johannes Mehserle released, protesters remain calm and cool
Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop who shot Oscar Grant to death in 2009, quietly slipped past reporters and protesters as he was released from jail at midnight. And despite high emotions, the protesters in downtown Oakland remained peaceful -- for
Justice is impossible if we cannot trust police forces to tell the truth
'From the information I had, that is what I believed happened to me." So Simon Harwood, the police officer who pushed Ian Tomlinson to the ground at the G20 protests two years ago, told the inquest into his death. The
Police refuse to make public the role of undercover cop
Once again the story of Mark Stone / Kennedy has hit the press, this time after he has apparently offered to give evidence on behalf of the defendants in the Ratcliffe trial. The trial was ultimately dropped by the prosecution
