Undercover policing enquiry

[ska invita]

Good summary of the whole enquiry here - episode 252

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Donal O’Driscoll (Undercover Research Group) on the undercover policing inquiry, the group’s expectations on its outcome, and ways in which the inquiry can highlight past policing abuses and help us understand patterns in police intelligence gathering (00:03:01 – 00:14:30)

 

[hitmouse]

BREAKING: Lord Tebbit reveals that he received spycops intelligence about union activists

Lord Tebbit has revealed when he was Secretary of State for Employment in the Thatcher government (1981-83), he received reports from senior Special Branch officers about union activists, which app…

www.hazards.org

 

[ska invita]

BREAKING: Lord Tebbit reveals that he received spycops intelligence about union activists

Lord Tebbit has revealed when he was Secretary of State for Employment in the Thatcher government (1981-83), he received reports from senior Special Branch officers about union activists, which app…

www.hazards.org

it was a long time ago, this sort of thing would never happen today

 

[hitmouse]

Demo at Kate Wilson's hearing on Tuesday 20th: Demo at Kate Wilson's Human Rights Hearing, London

Technically a separate thing from the enquiry, but seems close enough to go here?

 

[teqniq]

Final hearing today for Kate Wilson's spycops case against the Met bought before the Investigatory powers Tribunal (IPT). This was only possible in her case as the Met's lawyers forgot to close off the option of pursuing this particular avenue. She is live tweeting from the hearing:



Live video stream here:

 

[teqniq]

Massive cover up:

 

[Pickman's model]

Massive cover up:

-> conspiracy to pervert the course of justice perhaps

 

[teqniq]

-> conspiracy to pervert the course of justice perhaps

You would like to think so wouldn't you? I imagine any such avenue will be contingent on the outcome of today's hearing though.

 

[Pickman's model]

You would like to think so wouldn't you? I imagine any such avenue will be contingent on the outcome of today's hearing though.

no, i don't suppose anything will happen like that. but if the police were investigating a body whose members had inveigled their way into relationships for the purposes of spying on people's lives over a number of years and they found all the relevant material had conveniently disappeared over the course of the investigation some searching questions might be asked and charges laid

 

[GarveyLives]

Channel Four news, 15 April 2021:

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[Dystopiary]

Massive cover up:

That is utterly horrifying.

 

[Dystopiary]

Final hearing today for Kate Wilson's spycops case against the Met bought before the Investigatory powers Tribunal (IPT). This was only possible in her case as the Met's lawyers forgot to close off the option of pursuing this particular avenue. She is live tweeting from the hearing:



Live video stream here:

Absolutely awful that so much of her day to day life was being dissected and she had no idea. Inhuman.

 

[teqniq]

My mistake above, today's hearing to be continued Wednesday:

Police spy’s bosses knew activist was being duped into sexual relationship, court told

Legal case against Metropolitan police claims managers allowed undercover officer to continue deception

www.theguardian.com

 

[tony.c]

Channel Four news, 15 April 2021:

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I'm in there at Blair's funeral (3.42).

 

[teqniq]

Second stage of the Spycops inquiry begins today also the above hearing continues:

 

[hitmouse]

First of the UCPI daily summaries for this round:

UCPI Daily Report, 21 April 2021

Report from the first day of the second set of hearings at the public inquiry into Britain's political secret police, covering 1973-82.

campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com

 

[Dystopiary]

Been following this account to keep up with the spycops trial.

 

[hitmouse]

UCPI Daily Report, 26 April 2021

First day of witnesses being questioned at the new spycops public inquiry hearings examining 1973-82.

campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com

Fresh revelations of undercover policing infiltration of unions must not be glossed over

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www.unitetheunion.org

 

[Dystopiary]

"In Dec 2018 the police lawyers wrote to #spycops officers with questions saying "you are not required to give evidence" thus making it clear that there would be no oath and that they could lie."



It was her final day in court today. Fingers crossed for a fair result.

 

[Dystopiary]

 

[Dystopiary]

Ongoing

https://twitter.com/tombfowler

 

[DaveCinzano]

Of interest to Larry O'Hara:

 

[Pickman's model]

Of interest to Larry O'Hara:

not wanting to piss on their parade but the league of george is not and wasn't a small radical faction of the national front.

 

[hitmouse]

"In Dec 2018 the police lawyers wrote to #spycops officers with questions saying "you are not required to give evidence" thus making it clear that there would be no oath and that they could lie."



It was her final day in court today. Fingers crossed for a fair result.

COPS site has a report up from the trial now:

Kate Wilson Case Exposing Spycops Concludes

The second & final week of the landmark hearing proving Britain's political secret police broke the law & violated human rights

campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com

 

[Larry O'Hara]

Of interest to Larry O'Hara:

Interesting thanks: and of course the the LSG was (is) Mosleyite, though did include NF members. Another infiltrator was of course Sonia Gable (nee Hochfelder)

 

[hitmouse]

Full report of the day now up here:

UCPI Daily Report, 4 May 2021

Undercover Policing Inquiry evidence from an officer who infiltrated the Young Liberals, & a woman deceived into a relationship by a spycop

campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com

It explains how he came to be infiltrating both the WRP and NF/LoSG - the WRP asked him in his capacity as a WRP member to infiltrate the far right on their behalf. So I suppose they must have been, um, good at spotting people who had good infiltration skills, if nothing else?

Anyway, if anyone wants to have a look at his documents, here they are:

Special Branch report concerning upcoming rally and meeting of National Front and likely clash between opposing supporters - Undercover Policing Inquiry

www.ucpi.org.uk

Memorandum enclosing SDS Annual Report 1976 authored by CI Craft - Undercover Policing Inquiry

www.ucpi.org.uk

Special Branch report concerning formation of Legion of St. George comprising of members of National Front - Undercover Policing Inquiry

www.ucpi.org.uk

Special Branch report concerning meeting of National Front - Undercover Policing Inquiry

www.ucpi.org.uk

Special Branch report concerning resignation of an individual from National Front and application by that individual to join National Party - Undercover Policing Inquiry

www.ucpi.org.uk

 

[ska invita]

I find it really hard to imagine just how Mitting will be able to whitewash this, the evidence is so damning and relentless - and incomplete.

 

[Dystopiary]

Police spied on Hackney School Kids Against The Nazis.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I find it really hard to imagine just how Mitting will be able to whitewash this, the evidence is so damning and relentless - and incomplete.

You underestimate the incredible powers of privileged mediocrity wielded by His Mittens

 

[DaveCinzano]

Today's session featured evidence from spycop 'Vince Miller'. Pretty grim stuff.

Police spy admits women would not have agreed to sex if they knew his identity

Undercover officer tells public inquiry his deception was ‘morally questionable and inappropriate’

www.theguardian.com