The “Cardiff Five” should be “recognised as victims”, a senior police officer has said. John Actie, Ronnie Actie, Stephen Miller, Tony Paris and Yusef Abdullahi spent time in prison for the murder of Lynette White.
Tag: Police Intelligence
‘Excited delirium’: term linked to police restraint condemned
Public health bodies, charities and the families of men who died after being restrained by police have condemned the inclusion of a controversial medical term in one of the UK’s leading medical handbooks.
From George Orwell to Priti Patel: How Britain brought its colonial policing home
As the Met Police is judged to be institutionally corrupt, Hardeep Matharu and Peter Jukes explore how some of the biggest problems still plaguing British policing are embedded in British colonialism.
MPs continue to debate the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
This month, MPs continue to debate the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which is an extensive, lengthy, and highly concerning piece of legislation that would risk violating the UK’s human rights.
Brooklyn Center provides a model for re-examining public safety
The only way to end police violence is to reduce the roles, resources, and power of police. Brooklyn Center Minnesota just provided a model for cities across America.
The cops murdered anti-fascist Blair Peach, then spied on his partner
Celia Stubbs gave evidence to the Undercover Policing Inquiry on Thursday. London police killed her partner, Blair Peach, during a protest in Southall, west London, in April 1979. He was 33 when they killed him.
Celia Stubbs, partner of Blair Peach, to appear at Undercover Inquiry
Celia Stubbs, whose partner Blair Peach was killed by police 42 years ago, hopes her appearance at the Undercover Policing Inquiry will help her discover why she was spied on for decades.
PC to stand trial in April charged with murder of Dalian Atkinson
The trial of a West Mercia police officer accused of murdering former Aston Villa star Dalian Atkinson in Telford is due to start on April 26, a court has been told.
