
Tag: Police Racism


Report: Family of Trainee Cop Who Died by Suicide Describe Police As ‘Institutionally Racist’
by Sophie K Rosa

Novara Docs: Accidental Death of a Black Londoner
In the London Borough of Hackney in the early hours of 22 July 2017 a police officer pursued a young Black man into a convenience store. Within minutes the young man was dead. A Novara Doc in partnership with Shine A Light.

Analysis: A Brief History of the Taser, the ‘Less-Lethal’ Police Weapon That Keeps Killing People
by Sandeep Sandhu
A police officer is finally standing trial for the death of footballer Dalian Atkinson, who died after being tased for six times longer than standard practice. The case has reignited debate around the police’s most controversial weapon and the company that produces it, writes Sandeep Sandhu.

Analysis: Is Britain the World’s Least Racist Country?
by Aaron Bastani

Opinion: This Was Always Going to Happen
by Kim Kelly
This week's storming of the Capitol by the far-right should not come as a shock, writes Kim Kelly—and if anything, it will happen again.

Report: Policing of UK BLM Protests Was Institutionally Racist, New Report Finds
by Sophie K Rosa

Opinion: The Police Will Always Be Susceptible to Far Right Agitation – They Share a History of Violence
by Becka Hudson

Opinion: The Policing We Have Seen and Experienced at the Black Lives Matter Protests Is Racist
by Brenda Efurhievwe and Zehrah Hasan

Opinion: Police Abolitionists Aren’t ‘Too Radical’ – They’ve Been Making Gains for Decades
by Sarah Jaffe
Pundits have been taking it upon themselves to tell the Black Lives Matter movement that the demand to abolish the police is the wrong one. Sarah Jaffe argues abolitionism has been making gains for decades - and now it’s breaking through.

Long Read: Get Angry Then Get Free: The Political Necessity of Rioting in Dismantling the System
by Joshua Virasami
As protestors rise up across the world following the murder of George Floyd, it's vital we see rioting as a legitimate form of protest in the struggle for freedom within racial capitalism, writes Black Lives Matter activist Joshua Virasami in an in-depth long read.

Novara Live: Furloughing the Science
Rishi Sunak adjusts furlough scheme, the government ignores the science to ease the lockdown, and a CNN reporter arrested at the Minneapolis protests.

A Century On, Families Still Seeking Justice for Black Soldiers Executed in Texas
by James Jeffrey
