Actions against the policing bill

[Sasaferrato]

Two more defendants sentenced today:




Just to remind everyone, that fundraiser is:

Donate to #KillTheBill: Bristol legal support in the streets, organized by Bristol Defendant Solidarity

#KillTheBill: Bristol legal support in the streets and in the… Bristol Defendant Solidarity needs your support for #KillTheBill: Bristol legal support in the streets

www.gofundme.com

Strange place Bristol. A mayor who spends £3k a month on having mentions of him on social media monitored.

 

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Fundraiser walk in London next weekend:

Radical History Walk: class struggle on the riverbank | Feminist Fightback

www.feministfightback.org.uk

 

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Another defendant given five years:

 

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Support Ryan Roberts

Ryan Roberts’ trial for riot and arson is on the 25-27th October. If convicted he is facing a long sentence. He will be the first defendant to be brought to trial to have plead not guilty for…

bristolabc.wordpress.com

Ryan Roberts’ trial for riot and arson is on the 25-27th October. If convicted he is facing a long sentence. He will be the first defendant to be brought to trial to have plead not guilty for charges relating to the 21st March Kill the Bill demonstration.

Ryan is calling for solidarity and support

We will hold a demonstration on October 25th at 8.30am outside Bristol Crown Court. We’d also like people to sit in court from the 25th-27th, to show that Ryan has support!

On the final day of the trial we will hold a demo at 5pm outside the Crown Court.

if you’re coming from elsewhere and need accommodation email bristoldefendantsolidarity@riseup.net

We are also calling for you to do a solidarity banner drop or other action in your local area during October to show your support for Ryan

Ryan is currently on remand in Bristol Prison. He’d welcome letters of support. Click here to find out how.

Solidarity is strength!

 

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Article by one of the women attacked by GMP earlier this year:

“The Power of Being Nice”

Recounting the day I was stripped and arrested by the police. CW: sexual assault

medium.com

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

Does anyone know of any plans to protest on the day/day after/nearest weekend when this piece of legislation becomes law?

 

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In passing, was a bit curious about how the rest of the left press beyond Freedom was covering this round of court dates and sentences. Tribune doesn't seem to have anything up on it, looking at Novara I saw they had this up:

10 Years After the Riots, the Left Is Finally Taking on the Police State | Novara Media

Many leftists struggled to extend solidarity to the rioters. Now, threatened with criminalisation themselves, it is crucial this mistake isn't made again.

novaramedia.com

But then on actually reading it, it seems to be a pretty reasonable article but one that somehow neglects to mention anything about the Bristol cases. Is this just me being unneccessarily snidey, or is it a bit shit to write an article about Kill the Bill and resistance to the carceral state, the week that five people get sent down for a Kill the Bill protest, and neglect to mention anything about it?

What Happened to Kill the Bill? | Novara Media

The PCSC bill is on the brink of entering law, and yet the movement to kill it has all but evaporated. Activists haven’t given up, though - they’re simply changing gear to a longer-term project of abolition. Rivkah Brown reports.

novaramedia.com

 

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Busy week in Bristol courts coming up:

 

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Sorry for posting tweets but:

 

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Some actual good news from the courts, for a change:

 

[BillRiver]

Support Ryan Roberts

Ryan Roberts’ trial for riot and arson is on the 25-27th October. If convicted he is facing a long sentence. He will be the first defendant to be brought to trial to have plead not guilty for…

bristolabc.wordpress.com

Ryan Roberts’ trial for riot and arson is on the 25-27th October. If convicted he is facing a long sentence. He will be the first defendant to be brought to trial to have plead not guilty for charges relating to the 21st March Kill the Bill demonstration.

Ryan is calling for solidarity and support

We will hold a demonstration on October 25th at 8.30am outside Bristol Crown Court. We’d also like people to sit in court from the 25th-27th, to show that Ryan has support!

On the final day of the trial we will hold a demo at 5pm outside the Crown Court.

if you’re coming from elsewhere and need accommodation email bristoldefendantsolidarity@riseup.net

We are also calling for you to do a solidarity banner drop or other action in your local area during October to show your support for Ryan

Ryan is currently on remand in Bristol Prison. He’d welcome letters of support. Click here to find out how.

Solidarity is strength!

I've been corresponding with Ryan for a couple of months. He writes really charming letters that I'm always delighted to receive.

 

[Pickman's model]

Well today they were very evenly matched. I made a point of checking, after noting two very tall constables next to each other and thinking that would have been statistically unlikely. Perhaps guidance has changed.

I shall make a point of taking appropriate photos in future to investigate this issue.

here's an example from the recent killing of david amess

 

[DaveCinzano]

here's an example from the recent killing of david amess

Scruffy bastards

 

[DaveCinzano]

 

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Ryan Roberts solidarity event happening in Manchester, I can't make any promises about the height of the officers GMP will be deploying to monitor it though:

 

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The UK media, including the left/radical end of it, may not be doing a good job at covering the Bristol cases, but at least North Carolina local radio is on the job:

Support Ryan Roberts and #KillTheBill Bristol defendants! | The Final Straw Radio Podcast

thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org

 

[DaveCinzano]

With crime scene discipline like that can't imagine why defence briefs might possibly go down the route of energetically challenging forensic evidence.

 

[Little Piranha]

 

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Had seen this picture but hadn't realised they were repainted cop riot shields, that is proper gutsy:

 

[DaveCinzano]

Had seen this picture but hadn't realised they were repainted cop riot shields, that is proper gutsy:

 

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Bristol Cable article from the trial:

Man charged with riot and arson says police escalated protest into violence - The Bristol Cable

He is accused of trying to set police vehicles on fire during the Kill the Bill demo on 21 March, but blamed police for turning the protest violent.

thebristolcable.org

Also, still can't work out exactly what the smilies in DaveCinzano's post above are expressing?

 

[belboid]

Bristol Cable article from the trial:

Man charged with riot and arson says police escalated protest into violence - The Bristol Cable

He is accused of trying to set police vehicles on fire during the Kill the Bill demo on 21 March, but blamed police for turning the protest violent.

thebristolcable.org

Also, still can't work out exactly what the smilies in DaveCinzano's post above are expressing?

They're grimaces, possibly something to do with the surname on their banner. As far as I am aware Deadpool has not been arrested.

 

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They're grimaces, possibly something to do with the surname on their banner. As far as I am aware Deadpool has not been arrested.

Shit, I totally blanked on that because I have exactly the same problem, there's a part of my brain that keeps thinking of him as Ryan Reynolds as well. Glad that I'm not the only one who has that issue, clearly you shouldn't trust me to paint any banners either.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Perhaps it's not a demand but a special offer?

 

[hitmouse]

Sounds like not good news from the courts today. In other news, fundraisers tonight (if anyone in Bristol happens to be reading this while wondering what to do this evening) and on the 5th:

 

[DaveCinzano]

Sounds like not good news from the courts today.

It does seem that his defence strategy needed finessing

‘Kill the bill’ protester convicted of trying to endanger police officer’s life

Ryan Robert told court he had got ‘carried away in the moment’ during violence in Bristol in March

www.theguardian.com

 

[kenny g]

It does seem that his defence strategy needed finessing

‘Kill the bill’ protester convicted of trying to endanger police officer’s life

Ryan Robert told court he had got ‘carried away in the moment’ during violence in Bristol in March

www.theguardian.com

Jesus. Can't see why you would go for trial faced with that.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Jesus. Can't see why you would go for trial faced with that.

Or give evidence like that!

 

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Statement on the guilty verdicts against Ryan Roberts

A joint statement by Bristol Anarchist Black Cross and Bristol Defendant Solidarity On Friday 29 October, Ryan Roberts was found guilty of riot and four charges of arson. We continue to stand in so…

bristolabc.wordpress.com