This week's net.wars, "Guarding the peace", reviews the new report from the Scottish Institute for Policing Research on UK police and government use of commercial digital advertising, profiling, and marketing tools to shape public behavior: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2023/08/25/guarding-the-peace/ #NetWars #UKPolice #privacy

In 2021, people all over the UK took to the streets to stand against police power as part of #KillTheBill protests. During the protests, five volunteer legal observers with Black Protest Legal Support (BPLS) were detained, strip searched, and subject to racist harassment. They're now suing the Met police. Donate to their crowdfunder here: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/support-kill-the-bill-legal-observers/ #ACAB #FuckThePolice #UKPolice #NoMorePolicePowers #PoliceScum #PoliceRacism #InstitutionalRacism #BristolProtesters #Bristol

Here we go again: protests, police platitudes, and perturbed politicians over cops’ racism and misogynoir in Croydon https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2023/07/26/here-we-go-again-protests-police-platitudes-and-perturbed-politicians-over-cops-racism-and-misogynoir-in-croydon/ #Misogynoir #Misogyny #Racism #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #InstitutionalRacism #InstitutionalDiscrimination #PoliceRacism #PoliceBrutality #UKPolice #METPolice #Abolition #Protest #Resist

Cops nicking a Black woman over a bus fare is misogynoir in action https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2023/07/24/bus-fare-croydon-black-woman/ #BLM #BLMUK #AntiBlackness #Racism #METPolice #PoliceRacism #UKPolice #Misogynoir #Misogyny

#UKPolice being shitty again I see. UK is a fascist police state - you are being "abusive" when you refuse to submit to unsubstantiated claims. Comply or we cuff you. 🤷‍♀️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66290457

Unsurprisingly, a report published today has found the UK National Crime Agency tolerating "toxic male cultures because women are outnumbered and fear the stigma and repercussions of speaking out”.

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary found examples of senior officers “with multiple allegations against them” being allowed to remain.

#NCA #Police #UKPolice #Sexism #Misogyny

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/national-crime-agency-sexism-predators-women-b2360799.html

#uk #police #ukpolice detain #thegrayzone #journalist over #ukraine reporting.

https://youtu.be/lENoaQJziBk

So far as I know, the Metropolitan Police do not employ pre-cogs; nevertheless they are happy to arrest people for crimes that they might commit in the future despite there being no evidence for them in either the past or present.
#UKPolice #coronation #PeacefulProtest

Privacy matters! Two UK police forces reprimanded for secretly recording 200k phone calls via an app without consent. #dataprotection #privacy #UKpolice https://www.cyber-consult.org/uk-police-forces-reprimanded-for-unlawful-recording-of-200k-phone-calls-via-app/

"…leaked briefings from senior mandarins – marked “official sensitive” and dated 20 February this year…"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/04/revealed-cabinet-ministers-warned-of-legal-action-over-uks-failure-to-tackle-climate-crisis?CMP=Share_CBM64_Other

#TheGuardian #UKPolitics #UKPolice

This is just a recipe for the police to commit more corruption and cover their own .

The police are there with the public's concent. This oversteps their authory. They collect evidence and pass it to trained solicitors who understand theae better than plod do.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/27/police-should-be-given-power-to-charge-suspects-say-senior-officers-cps

#ukpolice

Are the police in the UK just corrupt? From the top down?

Every day, we hear more and more about the easy the police behave.

The question is, what are we going to do about it?

#UKPolice

Sheku Bayoh: senior officer ‘shrugged shoulders’ when confronted over death, inquiry told
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/09/sheku-bayoh-senior-officer-shrugged-shoulders-when-confronted-over-death-inquiry-told?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

MET Police Officer, David Carrick had “brazenly raped and sexually assaulted” his victims, believing himself to be “untouchable” due to his position, which afforded him “exceptional powers to coerce and control”. https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2023/02/08/latest-rapist-cop-david-carrick-given-36-life-sentences-for-71-sexual-offences/ #METPolice #UKPolice #PoliceViolence #PoliceMisogyny #NeverTrustACop #NoMorePolicePowers #ACAB

"The Rev Al Sharpton has warned that racially charged incidents such as the brutal death of Tyre Nichols in the US will also occur in the UK without far-reaching police reforms.

On the eve of a two-day visit to the UK, the US civil rights veteran said that “systemic racism” and a “culture of policing that produces brutality” must be addressed"

#Racism #UKPolice #PoliceBrutality #InstitutionalRacism #BLM #TyreNichols #AlSharpton

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/06/al-sharpton-warns-uk-could-suffer-us-style-police-brutality-without-deep-reform

@YorkshireTea chief Constable Dr. Limp 'Richard' needs to find a job he's good at. Maybe a Director of Lived Experience somewhere, I hear there's good money in that.

#UkPolice

‘Dirty wee torturers’: Northern Irish man tells of British army abuse during Troubles.

#politics #UKpol #UKpolice

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/20/northern-irish-man-british-army-abuse-troubles

"One senior officer, who expressed concern at the existence of rape myths in their force, told academics: “We massively pre-judge the credibility of the victim. We investigate the victim more than the offence itself.”

Things women already knew, hence why so many don't report

#WhyWeDontReport #UKPolice

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/20/police-investigating-claims-in-england-believe-victim-blaming-myths-study-finds?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

⛔ TW - R*pe, M*rder and P*olice Brutality ⛔
It's not surprising that one of the worst sex offenders (to be caught) in Britain is a #MetPolice officer!
https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2023/01/16/its-not-surprising-that-one-of-the-worst-sex-offenders-in-britain-is-a-met-police-officer/ #UKPolice #NoMorePolicePowers #PoliceBrutality #PoliceViolence #PoliceMisogyny #PoliceRacism #PoliceCorruption #KillTheBill #PublicOrderBill #Protest #Dissent #Resist

#UKPolice will arrest you for having the wrong thoughts in your head.

#UKPolice will 'invite' you to 'voluntarily attend' an interview but force you to attend via arrest if you 'say no thanks'.

#UKPolice will ban lesbians from a Pride parade.

#UKPolice will stand by while women are beaten but will jump to help someone misgendered on the internet.

This #corruption is typical of an #authoritarian power that speaks words of #peace but actually lives out #death and decay.

Senior former cops have been accused of training Chinese police who could serve in the country’s Xinjiang province where Uyghurs are persecuted.
London Policing College had a five-year contract, running until 2023, to train cadets from Chinese police academies in counter-­terrorism using the UK’s Prevent strategy.
#ukpolice #china
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/british-ex-cops-accused-training-28759417