Tag: Law enforcement in the United Kingdom
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Some may suffer, some may burn, I know one day, all of my children gonna learn
A very timely reminder of the Brixton Riots on April 11th, 1981 – this single from Hiatus with Linton Kwesi-Johnson, a new version of his ‘Di Great Insohreckshan’, will be released 30 years to the day. Never forget how the police and Margaret Thatcher’s policies treated whole communities – literally tore them apart – and…
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Police Put the Kettle On, Protesters say no thanks
Via the excellent BunkerKRS blog is this video of the protests yesterday…I saw some of the protest and despite what the news outlets say it was peaceful if noisy, the bits I saw anyway. Similar picture in Bristol apparently with protesters avoiding the police’s kettling tactics and spread out, as with London lead the police…
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The Kids Are Alright – Radio Clash supports the Fees demos
Don’t believe the hype; the idea that rabid students are taking over the streets and causing anarchy. Yes the misuse of kettling (again? Have the Met not learned?) caused this – but check out the schoolKIDS who are protecting the van sending out the important message that The Fuck the Fees campaign is peaceful across…
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Who watches the watchers? Right to film the police
Certainly the police in the UK and the US seems to have lost a lot of trust, to the point that recorded evidence (like the CCTV tape at the shooting of Jean Charles de Menenez?) goes missing and it seems that criminal cases such as the one against PC Simon Harwood who assaulted and most…
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I Love the Love Police; yet I hate the fake/real Police
I’ve posted about them before (their excellent and funny Canary Wharf video I think as part of their ‘Everything is OK’ series) but I love how Charlie and co. deal with the Fake Bacon (aka Hobby Bobbies, aka PCSOs). They really do seem to be a menace, as they pop up a lot in Section…