Surely we should all be free to protest, without the police knowing who we are? But high tech surveillance of protests is real, and it enables the police to identify, monitor and track protestors, indiscriminately and at scale.
Author: 4WardEverUK
In Focus : Police corruption and the unsolved murder of Daniel Morgan
The brutal murder of a private investigator in 1987 has become the UK’s most investigated killing – but 34 years later it remains unsolved and mired in new official findings of police corruption.
National Memorial Family Fund third grants round summary
The third Memorial Family Fund grant round closed on 7 June 2021, and successfully allocated £8,150 in grants. This also included uplift awards from the newly established Family Crisis Fund.
50 U.S. Black women killed by police since 2015; not one officer convicted
From February 2015 to March 2021, police killed at least 50 Black women across the country and not a single officer involved in those deaths has been convicted, according to a new Insider report.
Mark Duggan’s family: police ‘lack courage’ to reopen investigation
Mark Duggan’s family have accused the police watchdog of lacking courage after it refused to reopen its investigation into his 2011 killing by armed officers. The shooting of Duggan triggered civil unrest across England.
IAPDC publishes report on priorities for prevention of deaths in immigration centres
Today the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody publishes ‘Priorities for a prevention of deaths strategy in Immigration Removal Centres’ alongside the Home Office’s proposed Action Plan.
The National Memorial Family Fund announce 3rd funding round
We are pleased to announce the third round of National Memorial Family Fund grants opening on 7 May 2021. We are also administering the Crisis Family Fund, which was launched in March 2021.
Nevada Assembly approves death penalty abolition bill
The Nevada Assembly passed a bill that would abolish the death penalty and convert all capital sentences to life without parole. Several similar bills have been floated before, but never made it out of committee.