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A person with long brown hair, medium-dark skin and a purple top carries a white banner on which is written in black, red and purple lettering: 'Stop the Deportations'

Opinion: We Could Get Life in Prison for Blocking a Deportation Flight

by Griff Ferris

Threatening peaceful protesters with life in prison is authoritarianism, plain and simple. We aren't going to stand for it – and nor should you, writes immigration activist Griff Ferris.

a black woman with pink braids, a grey woolie hat, circular glasses and a surgical face mask holds a navy blue banner on which is written in white writing: 'the Met are murderers'

Analysis: It’s Official: The British Public Hates the Police

by Ell Folan

The police's net approval rating is just +5, down from +60 four years ago, writes Stats for Lefties founder Ell Folan.

Twenty-one-year-old Anugrah Abraham, smiling

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

by Sophie K Rosa

A trainee police officer died by suicide after describing bullying and racism at work. His family is clear: the police contributed to their son's death.

A police officer outside a tube station. REUTERS/Toby Melville TM/TC

Report: Transport Police Are Campaigning Against Sexual Harassment, Despite Numerous Cases of Sexual Harassment by Officers

by Andrew Kersley

Police are calling on the public to be more ‘active’ against sexual harassment. Perhaps they should take a look at their own track record.

Novara FM: The Long, Long Arm of the Law

Can the police ever be held to account? Professor Mark Neocleous speaks to James Butler.

An S&K security guard. Photo: skpropenforcement.co.uk

Report: Bailiffs Are Dressing Up Like Police Officers to Scare Tenants Out of Their Homes

by Andrew Kersley

Exclusive: S&K property enforcement is showing up to homes wearing outfits that look like police uniforms.

Analysis: The Police Are Psychics Now, Apparently

by Rivkah Brown

Rivkah Brown explains the latest amendments to the public order bill.

A white police van with small black windows drives down a motorwar

Analysis: The UK Has Its Own Mass Incarceration Crisis

by Ell Folan

The UK now spends £5bn a year on prisons, more than any other European country besides Russia, writes Ell Folan.

Image shows a Greater Manchester Police officer wearing a yellow hi-vis police jacket and black cap standing on a rainy street, with their head bowed.

Analysis: Why Are We Still Pretending This Police Watchdog Is Independent?

by Larry Lock

Families bereaved at the hands of the police are forced to turn to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. But justice is hard to come by when the watchdog is only out to protect its own.

Image shows David Lloyd, police and crime commissioner of Hertfordshire Constabulary, appearing on Nick Ferrari's LBC radio show.

Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters

by Moya Lothian-McLean

After Hertfordshire police detained journalists covering Just Stop Oil protests this week, the force’s commissioner has suggested the media should ‘reflect’ on giving activists ‘publicity’.

An Uber Eats rider. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

Report: Police Advised a Tenant Facing Illegal Eviction to ‘Speak to Uber Eats’ for Help

by Andrew Kersley

Clueless police told a tenant facing illegal eviction to ask Uber Eats for help as 'part of a wider culture' of doing nothing about rogue landlords.

Opinion: We Tried to Shut Down Drax Power Station. Spy Cops Stopped Us

by Keir Milburn

Drax is cutting down ancient forests to fuel its North Yorkshire power station. Keir Milburn reflects on the climate camp that tried to shut it down - and the costs of the state's attempt to protect it.

Image shows British rapper, singer and songwriter Stormzy speaks during Black Lives Matter protesters march from Parliament Square to New Scotland Yard in central London demanding justice for 24 year old Chris Kaba, who was shot dead by the police last week

Analysis: Automated Policing Helped Kill Chris Kaba

by Griff Ferris

The unarmed Black man was fatally shot by police after an automated system linked his vehicle to a previous incident.

A protester is arrested in Edinburgh. Photo: Twitter / @chrismarshll

Report: Anti-Monarchy Protesters Keep Getting Arrested

by Simon Childs

Campaigners say protests at the coronation of King Charles III will go ahead, despite the risk of arrest.

Franck Magennis is arrested on a picket line in 2020.

Report: Met Police Forced to Apologise for Arresting Trade Union Official

by Simon Childs

London police handcuffed a union activist on a legal picket in 2020. They have now had to shell out thousands of pounds in compensation and apologise.

Report: The Met Investigated Just 22 Illegal Evictions Out of Thousands in 2020

by Andrew Kersley

Exclusive data shows London cops barely ever chase landlords over illegal evictions, as charities warn police don’t “see the issue as serious enough”.

Analysis: Germany is Projecting Its Holocaust Guilt Onto Palestinians

by Nael Ibrahim

Berlin police arrested 170 people on Nakba Day. Germany isn’t dealing with its own antisemitism – it’s projecting it onto Palestinians, writes Nael Ibrahim.

Report: Football Fans Are on the Frontline of Police Brutality

by Abi O’Connor

Violent policing of Liverpool fans in France must be viewed in the context of Hillsborough and a Europe-wide expansion of police powers, argues Abi O’Connor.