Protesters to take Tower Hamlets to court over anti-Olympic speeches ban
~ read more ~Monthly archives for July, 2012
Verses for Ian Tomlinson
Every year In ones and twos The Police inflict Four Peterloos. In cells and streets The bodies mount Because they, and we, Just do not count. Anonymous under a creative commons licence
~ read more ~Olympic Protesters Arrested for Spilling Custard
Campaigners condemn heavy-handed policing of Greenwash Gold Award ceremony. Press release here.
~ read more ~“until there is justice, there can be no peace”
A PUBLIC LETTER OF SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT FROM DRTP TO THE FAMILY OF IAN TOMLINSON Dear Ian Tomlinson’s family and loved ones, We applaud your brave, continuous fight for justice for Ian. Some of us attended a peaceful demonstration outside Scotland Yard tonight, as a result of various people wanting to express their anger and […]
~ read more ~Simon Harwood is just the latest police officer found not guilty: Presenting Harwood as a ‘bad apple’ after he hit Ian Tomlinson belies the thuggery that pervades the police force
Nadine El-Enany http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/19/simon-harwood-police-officer-not-guilty PC Simon Harwood has been found not guilty of the manslaughter of Ian Tomlinson at the 2009 G20 protest. As Tomlinson walked home from work, hands in his pockets, Harwood hit him with a baton and shoved him to the ground. The court has seen footage of Harwood’s […]
~ read more ~“We are not giving up on justice for Ian. There has to be one formal and final answer to the question “who killed Ian?”
In April 2009, along with everyone else, we saw the shocking video of Ian being violently assaulted by PC Harwood just minutes before he died. After the unlawful killing verdict at the inquest last year - we expected to hear a guilty verdict today. The NOT guilty verdict really hurts. But this is not the […]
~ read more ~Graffiti Raids Across London as Police Sanitise City Ready For the Olympics
Ex-Graffiti artists have been the target of raids despite stopping graffiti without permission over a decade ago. For more information read this article re-posted from LondonVandal.com. We’ve also used this as an opportunity to post some of our favourite photos of some of the recent graffiti depicting anti-Olympics dissent.
~ read more ~Jimmy Mubenga: What happened on BA flight 77
Jimmy Mubenga died in the care of G4S security guards whilst on a British Airways flight because he was being forcibly deported from London to Angola. G4S are set to take over parts of policing which are to be privatised as well as hiring out private police custody suites. They were also privately contracted by […]
~ read more ~BBC lawyers consider formal appeal over court ban on riots drama.
Lawyers ponder challenge to ruling preventing docu-drama from being broadcast ‘by any media until further order’.
~ read more ~Riot Police Attack Protesters Marching in Support of Spanish Miners
Riot policemen arrest demonstrators during clashes following a demonstration by Spanish coal miners in Madrid, today (July 11, 2021) in protest at industry subsidy cuts that they say threaten their communities. Miners want to reverse the Spanish government’s decision to slash subsidies to the coal pits on which many northern towns rely by nearly two […]
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