Report: Met Police Forced to Apologise for Arresting Trade Union Official
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.
Tag: Police
Report: The Met Investigated Just 22 Illegal Evictions Out of Thousands in 2020
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
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
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.
Feature: Couriers Stunt Dalston’s Gentrification. The Police and Council Want Them Gone
Rivkah Brown
Saturday night’s immigration raid in Dalston, north London is part of a years-long effort to cleanse the area of its brown and Black couriers. Rivkah Brown reports.
Feature: How to Intervene in a Police Stop
UK Cop Watch
The crisis of faith in policing has made many people want to take matters into their own hands. UK Cop Watch advises how.
Downstream: What Does Keir Starmer Actually Believe? Aaron Bastani Meets Oliver Eagleton
Is he a managerial Machiavelli? A moral crusader? Or just an opportunist with a decent haircut? Aaron Bastani talks to Oliver Eagleton about the Labour leader.
Report: Inside the Volunteer Networks Sustaining Ukraine
Volodya Vagner
Putin claimed there was no Ukrainian nation. Well, there certainly is one now. Volodya Vagner reports from Lviv on the massive popular mobilisation the war has prompted.
Report: The Met Could Be Sued Over Its Racist Gang Database
Sophie K Rosa
A Black musician, with the help of legal advocacy groups, is trying to take the Met to court over its discriminatory watchlist of young people supposedly involved in ‘gangs’. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Opinion: Anti-Vax Canadian Truckers Deserve Our Solidarity
Shanice McBean
Justin Trudeau is freezing the bank accounts of Canadian truckers protesting vaccine mandates. The left should be up in arms, argues Shanice McBean, whatever we think of the protesters’ politics.
Ash Wednesday: Do I Think About Rape Too Much?
Why are women more afraid of violence from strangers on the street when - statistically speaking - home is the place where they're most unsafe? Ash Sarkar takes a look at how rational fears are used to justify irrational policy decisions, and what we miss when we talk about 'rape culture'.
Opinion: Carceral Feminism Isn’t the Answer to Sexual Violence
Caren Holmes
We can't call ourselves abolitionists if we make an exception for rapists, argues Caren Holmes.
Opinion: A Kill the Bill Protester’s Court Case Is All the Evidence You Need for Police Abolition
Vala Z Francis
A Bristol woman battered by police won a partial victory last week, but could still get prison time. Her case highlights the untenability of our police state.
Opinion: So Long, Cressida Dick
Ash Sarkar
With Cressida Dick finally having resigned from her role as Met commissioner, Boris Johnson's government will surely miss the best friend in policing it ever had, writes Ash Sarkar.
Opinion: The Met Just Apologised After Strip-Searching Me. I Don’t Believe a Word of It
Koshka Duff
For eight years before their recent U-turn, the officers who assaulted Koshka Duff claimed they were just doing their jobs. They were right, she says: sexual violence is policing’s bread and butter.
Opinion: It’s Time to Kill This Bill Once and for All
Shanice McBean
On Monday, the Lords voted against 14 of the worst parts of the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill. Small wins like these can sustain the Kill The Bill movement, writes Shanice McBean, but we can’t let them distract us from the final victory.
Report: Are Random Police Drug Swabs Legal?
James Greig
The Met’s recent drug-busting operation in Shoreditch has drawn widespread criticism. But what should you do if you are approached by police? James Greig finds out.
Analysis: With the New Nationality Bill, the Border is Breathing Down Our Necks
Arianne Shahvisi
The Tories’ Nationality and Borders Bill passed on Wednesday. Arianne Shahvisi reflects on how many Black and minority ethnic UK citizens are increasingly being given second-class status.