IPCC: is it time to put down police’s pet watchdog?
As a series of scandals continue to rock the cops, Socialist Worker shows that the organisation that is supposed to police the police is worse than useless. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is under constant criticism for failing to seriously investigate police crime.…
Family of man shot dead by Police ‘in limbo’ over investigation
The family of a man shot in a car by a police firearms officer claim they are being kept in the dark over the continuing investigation into his death. Anthony Grainger, 36, died from a single shot fired from a sub-machine gun while he sat in the front…
Ex-BART cop who shot Oscar Grant appealing ruling
Johannes Mehserle, the disgraced BART police officer who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for fatally shooting an unarmed Oscar Grant III in Oakland on New Year’s Day in 2009, is appealing the involuntary manslaughter conviction so that he might one day carry a gun and badge again.…
