#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
#racism #stopandsearch #torypoliciesinaction #police #met #jamarpowell #metpolice
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
#stopandsearch #police #racism #civilrights #limerick #poetry
👏 #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
#opendata #policing #stopsearch #library #stopandsearch
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/
#policepowers #stopandsearch #bylines
"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/
#bylines #thoughtcrime #publicorderbill #stopandsearch
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/
#racialprofiling #stopandsearch #discrimination #structuralracism
#PritiPatel lifts restrictions on #police #stopandsearch powers
Home secretary announces the end of limitations on use of section 60 powers where serious violence anticipated
#UKshitshow #CruellaPatel #pritipatel #police #stopandsearch
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...
#UKshitshow #discrimination #stopandsearch #gmb