London Policing Newswire Archive

28-08-2013 23:41

Stop The War protest in Whitehall turns to civil disobedience – report & pics

While ‘Stop The War’ glitterati continued their speeches at the planned ‘Don’t Attack Syria’ protest this evening in Whitehall, a large part of the crowd took matters into their own hands and blocked the rush-hour traffic for over an hour, seizing the road outside Downing Street in an act of civil disobedience leading to just one arrest. Read more >>

14-08-2013 09:25

Demonstration against Stop & Search and Justice for Jason O’Connor

Date & Time: Thursday 15th August at 9:30am

Location: Camberwell Green Magistrates Court, 15 D’Eynsford Rd, London, SE5 7UP

Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/211873272269668/?ref=22

Contact:

lcapsv@gmail.com Read more >>

10-08-2013 07:45

The Arrest of Claudio Fonnesu

“They came with helicopters and real machine guns,” says Claudio. Read more >>

06-08-2013 01:27

Ian Tomlinson was condemned by BBC News presenter Chris Eakin within minutes

The Met Police has "apologised" to Ian Tomlinson's family. But the BBC hasn't!
Yet the BBC ought to do so as well. And sack Chris Eakin. It was Eakin who condemned Tomlinson within minutes of Tomlinson's death at Police hands.
As he read the so-called breaking news about Ian Tomlinson's death, Eakin
went out of his way to make a very detailed statement blaming the demonstrators for
Tomlinson's death and in fact said words to the effect that Tomlinson himself had to blame. Read more >>

30-07-2013 19:30

London protest for Trayvon Martin and CA Hunger Strikers

This Wednesday 31 July, there will be mass actions in the US for both Trayvon Martin & California prisoners, on hunger strike since 8 July (see below). The action is called by a group that includes the families of hunger strikers. It’s more urgent every day -- as one of the hunger strikers has already died, after asking for and being refused medical help. Read more >>

26-07-2013 08:40

Jason Bishop – new allegations of undercover policing of protest

Netpol has been asked to publish the following statement on behalf of former friends of an activist known as Jason Bishop, who they now believe to have been an undercover police officer.

Netpol have published this statement as we feel it adds important information to the debate about undercover police officers.

This is the latest in a long line of disclosures relating to the infiltration of protest groups by specialist units of the Metropolitan police including the Special Demonstration Squad and later, the National Public Order Intelligence Unit.

19-07-2013 08:14

Police Spies Fashion Show

It was recently revealed that eight women involved in social and environmental activism were deceived into having long term relationships with undercover police.
This is an exclusive invitation to The Police Spies Fashion show. A bold and sexy catwalk display featuring the Metropolitan Police’s most provocative new look line up.

The State Repression Collection!

Read more >>

18-07-2013 07:27

Rushcroft Road Eviction Resistance

As you have probably heard – Monday saw the violent eviction of many homes on Rushcroft road, Brixton, met with strong resistance. I wanted to write down some notes of things that maybe haven’t been reported yet, especially in the mainstream media’s accounts. (This is quite difficult, Monday was very emotional in many ways. This is the neighbourhood I have grown up in and live in today, watching it be further impoverished as we lose yet more desperately needed public housing stock, seeing people lose their homes, and watching police and bailiff violence on my friends.) Read more >>

16-07-2013 16:11 | 2 additions

Violent Arrest in ULU

A young woman was dragged by police from the ULU Cafe this lunchtime as shocked students looked on and tried to remonstrate with policemen. The woman is thought to be an activist for the ULU-based 3Cosas campaign, which works with cleaners in Bloomsbury to fight for pension rights and holiday and sick pay. University staff called police after people were allegedly seen chalking on the pavement outside the union building and on a small patch of Senate House Library, complaining of criminal damage to a Grade II Listed Building. The plaque on Senate House, which commemorates the founding of the building, had been chalked but later displayed no signs of damage after washing. Read more >>

16-07-2013 13:43

Arrest at ULU

About an hour ago, police invaded the ULU building, hit a few people, and arrested someone on the orders of the University. Three or four police vehicles were present, and someone was dragged out onto the street.

The crime? Allegedly chalking on University property to highlight the fact that the University does not pay its workers sick pay, holiday pay and pensions.

Fuck these people. Read more >>

03-07-2013 21:52

OathKeeper Movement Ignites U.S. White House Fireworks Freedom Anyway

American citizens planned revolt is set to begin on its "Independence Day" July 4, 2013 that was cancelled by the U.S. President for the first time in recent history so, this likely ignited tensions in what could easily turn into a day of bloody insurrection for The Colonies that will live in historical infamy once again. Read more >>

03-07-2013 20:56

America OathKeepers White House July 4th 2013 Rebellion Ignites

American citizens revoltion because United States government authorities unlawfully abolished their U.S. Constitution Second ( 2nd ) Ammendment Bill Of Rights freedom to bear arms ( firearms ) in Washington, District of Columbia, USA at the White House where on July 4, 2013 U.S. citizens march bearing firearms in protest at the U.S. Capitol. Read more >>

02-07-2013 09:56

Thin Blue Crimes: The History of the Police's Special Branch

The Special Branch has been an integral part of Britain’s police since 1887. Early officers of it make claims, familiar justifications of the Special Branch today, the Special Branch being an, “essential guarantor of stability in Britain”. According to these early sources back then it single handedly prevented dynamite atrocities, protected royalty and forestalled revolutions.

27-06-2013 16:48

MET show interest in ACAB scavenger hunt

Today two police officers visited the new London Queer Social Centre in an attempt to speak to someone involved in the scavenger hunt, see previous article:

http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2013/06/510745.html Read more >>

19-06-2013 10:49

Police powers finally kettled by High Court

For years it has been common practice for protesters held in a kettle (police containment) to be forced to submit to police filming and/or provide their details as a condition of leaving. There have been countless incidents in which protesters who have tried (lawfully) to refuse these demands have been threatened with arrest, or told they could not leave the kettle.

17-06-2013 00:51

You are all Eichmanns. We are free.

Letter to all the prison guards, other prison workers and all the cops. Partly written in a London police cell during the Stop G8 week, where police repression was at its highest. Read more >>

16-06-2013 00:23

huge turkish solidarity protest in harringay as taksim square cleared

despite a police ban, more than 2000 protestors marched to wood green in north london on saturday night as news was coming in of massive repression in istanbul Read more >>

15-06-2013 23:26 | 1 addition

'they owe us' - canary wharf - J14 - pics and words

on friday, as part of the london week of action prior to the G8 in northern ireland, a few hundred people protested in the belly of the capitalist beast, canary wharf. in some ways a victory, in many ways a disappointment. Read more >>