Tag: Blair Peach
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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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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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My response to CPS dropping charges re: Ian Tomlinson
Just sent this as a response to the news that amazingly CPS has dropped all charges against the officer that hit and pushed Ian Tomlinson: You can add your comment at the CPS website: I am disgusted at the CPS verdict re: Ian Tomlinson. It’s amazing that an officer of the law can baton and…
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Blair Peach’s killer revealed (1 of 6, take yer pick)
Although the identities of the 6 SPG officers, one of which killed Blair Peach have been published before in David Ransom’s book and in the Sunday Times, it’s worth repeating the names as they were redacted in the recently released Cass report (after the police sat on it for 31 years!): Inspector Alan Murray was…