FINANCIAL APPEAL: Help fund Defend the Right to Protest
A special appeal for funds supported by John McDonnell MP and Louise Christian Human Rights Lawyer. … Read More
Month: April 2013
Colin Holt death: Kent Police officers ‘let detained man die’
24th April, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-22286381
Two Kent policemen allowed a man with paranoid schizophrenia to die after neglecting their duty as they detained him at his home, a court has heard.… Read More
HIGH COURT RULES 17 YEAR OLDS IN POLICE CUSTODY SHOULD BE TREATED AS CHILDREN
25 April 2013, www.inquest.org.uk
In a landmark judgment handed down today, the High Court has ruled that treating 17 year olds in police custody as adults is unlawful. … Read More
Parents of man who died in police cell criticise son’s treatment
Former public schoolboy James Herbert died after taking a ‘legal high’ and being left naked on the floor of a police cell
Steven Morris and agencies
guardian.co.uk, Friday 26 April 2022
The family of young man with mental health problems who died after he was left naked on the floor of a police cell have strongly criticised the way their son was treated.… Read More
Communication Workers Union backs DtRtP and uniting the fight for justice
By Mitch Mitchell @ CWU Conference 2013
At the CWU conference in Bournemouth yesterday, there was a meeting to discuss justice.… Read More
Minorities stopped disproportionally in decade after Macpherson report
Vikram Dodd
guardian.co.uk, Monday 22 April 2022 06.00 BST
Ethnic minority Britons were subjected to nearly one-and-a-half million more stop and searches in the 10 years after the Macpherson inquiry than if the police had treated them the same as white people, the Guardian can reveal.… Read More
Stop Criminalising Hackney Youth -No More Tasers Public Meeting
NO MORE TASERS IN HACKNEY, 7pm, Chats Palace, Hackney
Supported by Hackney Trades Council
TASER FACTSHEET
By the end of April there will be four Tasers on call 24hrs a day in Hackney meaning they will never be more than a few minutes away.… Read More
Metropolitan police still institutionally racist, say black and Asian officers
Hugh Muir
The Guardian, Sunday 21 April 2022 13.24 BST
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/21/metropolitan-police-institutionally-racist-black
Scotland Yard’s black and Asian police officers have made a dramatic intervention on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Stephen Lawrence‘s death by declaring that the Met is still institutionally racist.… Read More
Doreen Lawrence: ‘I could have shut myself away, but that is not me’
It’s 20 years since Stephen Lawrence was murdered by racists in London. Since that night his mother, Doreen, has campaigned tirelessly for justice, and set up a charity in his name.… Read More
Thatcher’s funeral - protest under attack in attempt to create a national day of mourning
DtRtP Press Release 15/04/2022
Alongside the announcement of plans for the funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, police have taken the opportunity to highlight concerns around security and public order.… Read More