met police
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Were you listed on the gangs matrix?
In January 2021, Awate Suleiman, UNJUST & Liberty launched a legal challenge against the Met Police over the racist Gangs Matrix. Days before the case was meant to be heard, the Met Police settled the claim, admitting that the Gangs Matrix breached people’s right to privacy. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Six weeks later…
Cressida Dick has finally confirmed that the Met Police will investigate the parties held in No 10 Downing Street and Whitehall after we initiated formal legal proceedings against them. Continue reading
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Police to finally stop calling us Domestic Extremists
Twelve months after Netpol revealed the decision of the Home Office and other government departments to finally stop using the “domestic extremists” label – and after almost a decade of our campaigning for an end to this highly subjective categorisation of campaigners – we can now confirm another important milestone. Continue reading
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UK police seek to prosecute 1,130 Extinction Rebellion climate change protestors By Alice Summers
The London Metropolitan Police are pushing to prosecute every single one of the 1,130 protestors arrested during climate change demonstrations organised by Extinction Rebellion (XR) in April. Continue reading
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Ten Years Since the Death of Ian Tomlinson, the Police Have Done Nothing to Regain Public Trust by Sam Walton
On 1 April 2009, in the midst of a huge protest against the G20 summit in London, newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson was violently assaulted by Metropolitan police officer Simon Harwood. This was an unprovoked attack, causing severe internal bleeding that led to Tomlinson’s death. Continue reading
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Police fine man £90 after he covers his head to avoid facial recognition technology
The police have fined a man £90 after he covered his head with his jumper to avoid a police trial of facial recognition technology (FRT). Other people were stopped by police during the trial for trying to hide their faces to avoid the cameras. Continue reading
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