Sep 8, 2022 | Protest, Rights
Extinction Rebellion protests: we need clarity about what to expect from the Metropolitan Police Actions planned in London in the coming months on the unprecedented global climate emergency, by Extinction Rebellion and other environmental campaigners, will...
May 27, 2022 | Protest, Rights
Like previous government restrictions on an individual’s liberty to ‘protect the public’, Serious Disruption Prevention Orders are the end-point of increasing state repression The inclusion in the government’s new Public Order Bill of new Serious Disruption Prevention...
May 17, 2022 | Protest, Rights
Having successfully passed one piece of vague, draconian public order legislation, the government is already embarking on the introduction of another. During the passage of the recently enacted Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Act, the government attempted...
Mar 22, 2022 | Community Policing, Rights
Photo credit: HeardInLondon A strip search involves the police asking you to undress beyond removing outer clothing layers, like a coat, hat or gloves. The use of this tactic has been widely criticised for its intimidatory and abusive nature, and the recent case of...
Mar 16, 2022 | Protest, Rights
Image credit: @ResistAntiTresp This week squatters took over a Russian oligarch’s mansion in London’s Belgrave Square, to protest the war in Ukraine. The Metropolitan Police responded to the protest by bringing nine vans of police to the scene, including...
Oct 12, 2021 | Protest, Rights
Police Scotland invite the press to witness their ongoing public order training at Craigiehall Camp at South Queensferry. Iain Masterton/Alamy Live News With plans for 10,000 police officers on duty every day during the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) in...
