#MetPolice pay damages to black teenager ‘who had Taser pressed to neck’

Exclusive: #JamarPowell, who was 16 at the time, says he feared for his life when he was stopped and searched
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/11/met-police-pay-damages-black-teenager-allegedly-taser-pressed-neck-jamar-powell #Met #Police #ToryPoliciesInAction #StopAndSearch #Racism

The home secretary's urging dismay
Her "irresponsible" words to say
Stop and search to increase
The black community to ever police
Clearly her frankness has gone astray

#stopandsearch #police #racism #civilrights #limerick #poetry

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/suella-braverman-police-stop-and-search-b2359804.html

👏 #OpenData in reports on #Policing, #StopSearch, and community impact for the year to March 2022 @IGCP_UCL, @LessCrime #library

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RT @LessCrime
Our updated @IGCP_UCL analysis of #StopAndSearch in London covers the year to March 2022 and shows the annual number of searches falling by 33% to 215,400.

#StopSearch Report: http://lesscrime.info/publication/stop-and-search-london-2022-q1/
https://twitter.com/LessCrime/status/1534949826961473536

Greater stop and search powers for the Met will not deter crime and may increase the risk of racist and discriminatory policing | Dr Stella Perrott

#PolicePowers #StopAndSearch #Bylines
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/home-affairs/public-order-bill-the-metropolitan-police-cannot-be-trusted-with-more-stop-and-search-powers/

"Thought Crime" The Public Order Bill proposes powers that will allow a police officer to conduct a stop and search without the need for reasonable suspicion.
#Bylines #ThoughtCrime #PublicOrderBill #StopAndSearch
https://twitter.com/TomHardyCEE
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/news/crime-and-justice/thought-crime-and-the-public-order-bill/

Very good blog on serious legal failings in recent European Court judgements on #RacialProfiling #StopAndSearch (Basu and Muhammad)
#Discrimination
#StructuralRacism
(Photo Andy Amstrong @ flickr CC BY-SA 2.0)
https://www.ejiltalk.org/basu-v-germany-and-muhammad-v-spain-why-the-first-european-court-of-human-rights-judgments-on-racial-profiling-in-identity-checks-are-disappointing/

#UKShitShow

#CruellaPatel

#PritiPatel lifts restrictions on #police #stopandsearch powers

Home secretary announces the end of limitations on use of section 60 powers where serious violence anticipated

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/may/16/restrictions-on-police-stop-and-search-powers-permanently-lifted

#UKShitshow

If you lower the threshold, you increase the risk of #discrimination. Knife crime is not an excuse for increased pig power

Susanna Challenges Minister On Proposal To Increase Police Powers To #StopAndSearch | #GMB

Home Office Minister is challenged on the latest proposal to increase police powers to stop and search. As she explains the new powers, Susanna questions whe...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaQjw0m40f4