Analysis: It’s Official: The British Public Hates the Police
Ell Folan
The police's net approval rating is just +5, down from +60 four years ago, writes Stats for Lefties founder Ell Folan.
Tag: Policing
Analysis: Who Counts As A Cyclist In London?
Moya Lothian-McLean
The capital’s authorities say they want to encourage diversity among bike riders. Their actions don't match up, argues Moya Lothian-McLean.
Novara FM: The Long, Long Arm of the Law
Can the police ever be held to account? Professor Mark Neocleous speaks to James Butler.
Feature: Italy’s ‘Fascist’ Government Is Imprisoning Anarchists Using Anti-Mafia Laws
Jack Harmsworth
Alfredo Cospito is imprisoned under '41-bis', a system so brutal even an American court compared it to 'torture'. Jack Harmsworth reports.
Analysis: The Panic Around ‘County Lines’ Is Legitimising Expanded Policing Powers
Lauren E Wroe
In the name of 'safeguarding' children, the Home Office has just rebranded old anti-gang policies that overwhelmingly criminalise young people from minoritised communities.
Analysis: The Police Are Psychics Now, Apparently
Rivkah Brown
Rivkah Brown explains the latest amendments to the public order bill.
Analysis: The UK Has Its Own Mass Incarceration Crisis
Ell Folan
The UK now spends £5bn a year on prisons, more than any other European country besides Russia, writes Ell Folan.
Long Read: Mental Healthcare Often Isn’t Care at All
Micha Frazer-Carroll
Carceral approaches to mental healthcare are on the rise in Britain. This should worry us all, argues Micha Frazer-Carroll.
Analysis: People Want Action on Climate Change But Also Want Climate Protesters Locked Up
Ell Folan
Two-thirds of Britons fear climate breakdown. They also want to make it harder for activists to do something about it. Ell Folan unpicks some contradictory opinions.
Analysis: Why Are We Still Pretending This Police Watchdog Is Independent?
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.
Report: Police Commissioner Says Journalists Are ‘Part of the Problem’ After Arrest of Just Stop Oil Reporters
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’.
Report: This Protester Committed No Crime But Is Going to Prison Anyway
Denise Laura Baker & Josie Argyle
On 23 September, climate activist Elliott Cuciurean was sentenced to 268 days in prison. He hadn't committed any crime, but instead had breached HS2's injunction. Denise Laura Baker and Josie Argyle report on the privatisation of protest policing.
Analysis: DNA Phenotyping is the Latest Racist Addition to Policing Technology
Sanjana Varghese
DNA phenotyping is closer to ‘science fiction’ than reality, but police forces are using it anyway.
Report: Black People Nearly Eight Times More Likely to Be Banned From Manchester Carnival
Moya Lothian-McLean
Novara Media has uncovered huge racial disparities in gang-related carnival bans handed out by Greater Manchester Police.
Report: Animal Rebellion Activists on Why They’re Emptying Supermarkets of Milk to Save the Climate
Sophie K Rosa
Animal Rebellion is mid-way through a two-week direct action campaign that claims to have emptied supermarket shelves of milk, in a bid to force the government to support a just transition away from animal agriculture. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Opinion: Why Should Chris Kaba’s Death Matter Less Than the Queen’s?
Kehinde Andrews
Three days before Elizabeth Windsor died, Chris Kaba did. The establishment’s apathy is testament to the very racism the monarch embodies, writes Kehinde Andrews.
Report: Manchester Police Probably Broke the Law With ‘Racist’ Carnival Bans
Moya Lothian-McLean
Exclusive: Manchester police are investigating whether they broke the law with 'racist' letters that banned alleged 'gang members' from carnival.
Analysis: How State-Sanctioned Multiculturalism Killed Radical Anti-Racism in Britain
Ilyas Nagdee & Azfar Shafi
The 1980s saw grassroots solidarity-building supplanted by milquetoast representation politics, write Azfar Shafi and Ilyas Nadgee in this extract from their new book.