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Joblessness and ‘toxic relations’ with police are blamed for Tottenham riot

Joblessness and ‘toxic relations’ with police are blamed for Tottenham riot

A "citizens inquiry" into the riots in Tottenham will conclude they were partly caused by high youth unemployment and toxic relations with local police, arguing the disorder reveals the need…

2011 Annual march against custody deaths

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…

FIT Watch: watching the watchers

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.…

Troy Davis campaigners vow to fight ‘inhumane and inflexible’ death penalty

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…

G20: another version of the truth – the police assault on Ian Tomlinson in context

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…

The riots may have been meaningless, but at least they stood for something

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…

Police face fury after death of African man

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…

Mehserle released, protesters remain calm and cool

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…