In September 2022 the Independent Office for Police Misconduct (IOPC) released details of their custody deaths statistics for England 2021-2022. This article is transcribed from the IOPC website.
Race & Society
Migrant Media to produce radical new documentary on the Bradford 12
Migrant Media are pleased to announce that they are going into production on a radical feature length documentary about the seminal case of the Bradford 12, supported by the BFI Doc Society Fund.
Taser research opportunity from Staffordshire University
This project is commissioned by the College of Policing, funded by the NPCC and MOPAC, running for one year from March 2022 to March 2023. It is being led by Keele University and the University College of London.
Atlanta marks 40th anniversary of Mumia Abu Jamal’s incarceration
After decades of political and legal struggle, Mumia’s death sentence was finally overturned. However, he remains ‘incarcerated in Pennsylvania’s hellholes called prisons’ say his family and worldwide supporters.
Brick Lane 1978: Photographs reveal hidden anti-racist history
In this small but mighty exhibition, Paul Trevor’s collection of photographs capture a critical moment for the fight against racism in Britain. The Turning Point focuses on Bengalis living in the east end of London.
Israel’s new political crisis is rooted in foundations of the racist state
Israel’s government looks headed for collapse. Questions of the occupation of Palestine and the very existence of the Israeli state itself, are at the heart of the crisis. Prime minister Naftali Bennett is in deep trouble.
MI5 [had] told spycops to monitor socialists and children
The drip feed of information from the spycops inquiry into undercover policing is back with public sessions. The Metropolitan Police’s Special Demonstration Squad was a cop unit tasked with infiltrating protest groups.
What you should know about the Atatiana Jefferson murder trial
The former Fort Worth police officer accused of murder in the 2019 shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson, is set to go to trial May 16. Jefferson was shot inside her own home in south Fort Worth in October 2019.
