Actions against the policing bill

[DaveCinzano]

 

[DaveCinzano]

The HMICFRS report is here:

https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmicfrs/wp-content/uploads/inspection-of-mps-policing-vigil-commemoration-sarah-everard-clapham-common.pdf

A real corker. ‘A different officer recorded in his statement: “Some of the verbal abuse directed at officers was some of the worst I have come across in my 16 years of policing.”’

Talking of HMICFRS reports on protests which have been published in March...

Police watchdog accused of skewing report to back protests clampdown | Police | The Guardian

<strong>Exclusive:</strong> Whistleblower claims HMICFRS decided to support Priti Patel in seeking stronger powers before gathering evidence

amp.theguardian.com

The official policing inspectorate showed repeated bias in favour of the police and against peaceful protesters as it compiled a report which backed a government clampdown, a whistleblower has alleged.

The complainant says a report on protest released in March this year was skewed in favour of the government view, with conclusions reached before evidence was gathered and assessed.

The Guardian has learned that the whistleblower, Alice O’Keeffe, has officially complained to her bosses at Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS). She believes the civil service code was breached. HMICFRS said it was assessing her claims.

Her formal written complaint contains allegations that HMICFRS told the home secretary in a private letter it backed the need to change protest laws five months before its report was published.

It is also alleged that some in the inquiry team, which was mainly made up of serving and former police officers, likened peaceful protesters to the IRA, which waged a terrorist campaign against the UK.

You can read the report, Getting The Balance Right(!), here.

 

[fucthest8]

So, recap then:

- Hitting people with shields is alright, because we asked the Hitting People With Shields Team

- Attending an "illegal gathering" is alright if you're working (and not fuzz)

- I was wrong about this not spreading far and wide and I've never been happier to be wrong, looking forward to Saturday.

Anything else important?

 

[hitmouse]

Bugger, appears that map thing was using some free service that only allows up to 100 visits, and is currently frozen. This thread is still hopefully being updated with everything:

 

[Serge Forward]

Just updated the ACG demo page. Now up to 43 on the list.

First demos tomorrow (Friday) in Leeds, London, Manchester and Southampton.

 

[CNT36]

Bristol riots protester arrested in Plymouth

The male suspect was apprehended after attending Kill the Bill protests last month which turned violent

www.plymouthherald.co.uk

 

[Little Piranha]

Lots of resources and ideas for action other than street protest here from Sisters Uncut. There's some very cool posters to download!

Sisters Uncut: Kill The Bill weekend of action

Over the past two weeks we have seen the explosion of a national movement against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. People across the UK have taken to the streets to say: no more police powers - the Police Crackdown Bill must be stopped. In this short space of time, we have gained some…

www.sistersuncut.org

 

[DaveCinzano]

Iron fist and iron paw salute to this mighty canine!

Looks like the canine mutiny has spread to Belgium

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Looks like the canine mutiny has spread to Belgium

Eternal yes! One of the greatest canine comrades ever was Loukanikos, the Greek riot dog. This martyr attended so many anti-austerity demonstrations that he died after inhaling so much tear gas.

 

[DaveCinzano]

‘Hugely regrettable’ to bullshit about broken bones

Bristol police chief accepts force was slow to correct protest injury claims

Mark Runacres says claim officers had bones broken at ‘kill the bill’ event were ‘hugely regrettable’

www.theguardian.com

 

[two sheds]

while he doesn't regret them beating the shit out of a couple of women (that I've seen) at all

 

[DaveCinzano]

‘Hugely regrettable’ to bullshit about broken bones

Bristol police chief accepts force was slow to correct protest injury claims

Mark Runacres says claim officers had bones broken at ‘kill the bill’ event were ‘hugely regrettable’

www.theguardian.com

But WTF is with letting him off the hook on crucial details, and flopping the passive voice all over the shop?


A false claim MADE BY THE POLICE THEMSELVES!


Protesters “had been injured”!


Ah. Well that explains things.

 

[DaveCinzano]

while he doesn't regret them beating the shit out of a couple of women (that I've seen) at all

Pretty sure that's part of the entrance exam

 

[DaveCinzano]

 

[Serge Forward]

Some new additions to the demo list - most recent being Hull x 2 , Kings Lynn, Shrewsbury, and a second one in Reading. So, about 50 listings now.

 

[hitmouse]

It's nice that as of this week protests and gatherings are no longer automatically illegal in themselves...

Police issue 48-hour 'dispersal order' for entire city centre

'We don't need another rave like Castlefield last night'

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Hmm, what a remarkable coincidence.

 

[hitmouse]

If anyone has access to a printer, GBC now have region-specific bustcards to print off covering England, Wales and NI: Bustcard | Green and Black Cross

For Scottish resources see here, although I can't see any printable ones from a brief glance: Guide to Protest and COVID-19 – Scottish Community & Activist Legal Project

 

[hitmouse]

Unite/Blacklist Support Group/Orgreave Justice Campaign protest at Priti Patel's constituency office:

 

[Border Reiver]

Amusing watching from Scotland where it has no effect.

 

[brogdale]

Amusing watching from Scotland where it has no effect.

Amusing?

On the face of it, that sounds cuntish.

 

[Serge Forward]

How very "let them eat cake"ish.

 

[hitmouse]

An injury to one is an injury to... bugger, how does the rest of the sentence go again?

 

[Border Reiver]

Amusing?

On the face of it, that sounds cuntish.

My point is that English and Scottish approach to crime and punishment. Most of the rightward moves in England are absent here. The question is "Why are they. Necessary in Carlisle but not in Glasgow." Our policies are not driven by Mail, Express, or Tory dog whistle politics!

Ad hominem abuse is not a particularly constructive method of debate.

Amusing?

On the face of it, that sounds cuntish.

 

[Pickman's model]

Amusing watching from Scotland where it has no effect.

i wonder how you'd feel if someone from england said yeh it's hilarious watching scottish cops whack protesting women

 

[Pickman's model]

My point is that English and Scottish approach to crime and punishment. Most of the rightward moves in England are absent here. The question is "Why are they. Necessary in Carlisle but not in Glasgow." Our policies are not driven by Mail, Express, or Tory dog whistle politics!

Ad hominem abuse is not a particularly constructive method of debate.

act like a wanker, get called a wanker. it's the way of the world. if you don't want your cuntishness pointed out, don't be a cunt. it's that simple.

 

[Pickman's model]

An injury to one is an injury to... bugger, how does the rest of the sentence go again?

people south of the border

 

[Border Reiver]

act like a wanker, get called a wanker. it's the way of the world. if you don't want your cuntishness pointed out, don't be a cunt. it's that simple.

Onto ignore as a time waster.

 

[Border Reiver]

i wonder how you'd feel if someone from england said yeh it's hilarious watching scottish cops whack protesting women

I am talking about the reactionary laws that England seems to rely on. Not English policing.

 

[Pickman's model]

I am talking about the reactionary laws that England seems to rely on. Not English policing.

i suppose tears stream down your face with mirth when you consider the legal powers available to the authorities in the people's republic of china

 

[Pickman's model]

Onto ignore as a time waster.

the truth hurts i see