military and law enforcement
News and articles about work, policy and mutinies in armed forces and police services around the world.
CRS false testimony exposed by CCTV
Four young men were released from prison last week after having been held on remand for six weeks even though a videotape proving their innocence was available.
The young men were accused of 'rioting'. According to the arrest report submitted by the CRS, a group of young men in the shopping centre in Faches-Thumesnil, near to Lille, insulted them. When they arrested one of these men, Sofiane, the other five pushed and screamed at the officers in an attempt to free the first man.
French police convicted for brutality
Three Parisian Police officers have been found guilty of assault on five people during a series of events described by the judge as "ubuesque."
After being told by a young woman that her phone had been stolen three police officers decided to stop and search a nearby young man (who was completely cleared of any involvement.) When several local people came out to protest at the rough treatment of a young man that they knew was not involved the police called for reinforcements.
French face heavy fines for refusal to give DNA samples
Large numbers of French people are facing heavy fines and possible prison sentences for refusing to give DNA samples to Police after being arrested.
Those affected include anti-CPE protesters, anti-GM activists and people subverting adverts.* There are also many non-politicised people who simply did not want their DNA to be kept on file for the next 40 years.
All those who refused are facing a potential 15000 euro fine and 1 year of prison
Severe Injury caused by rubber bullets in Paris.
On Saturday night a young man in Clichy-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis) was hit in the eye by a rubber bullet fired by Police. He is currently in hospital, the doctors are currently unable to say if he will regain the sight in his eye.
Police were called after a barricade was erected in one of the roads leading to the fire station in Clichy. According to Police reports the four or five police cars were attcked by a group of over twenty youths throwing stones and they used rubber bullets to disperse the group. Jiade was arrested running away in a side street.
Armed police move in on Oaxaca protests
At least eight people have died as police shot at protestors and broke down barricades, after five months of protests in the city.
Protests began in May, with teachers striking to demand the resignation of Ulises Ruiz, the state govenor. The teachers have been backed by an umbrella organisation, the Popular Assembly of Oaxaca Villages (APPO). The teachers won the support of students and local people who barricaded much of the city including public buildings.
Silent protest held for two victims of French police
This Friday marked the first anniversary of the deaths of Zyed Benna and Bouna Traoré, who were electrocuted in an electricity substation while hiding from the police. Their deaths sparked off a wave of rioting across the French suburbs which left over 10000 vehicles burnt, 300 buildings destroyed, over 6000 arrests, 1328 imprisoned, 224 police/firefighters injured.
A silent march was held at ten o’clock on Friday morning and was attended by over 1000 people. The march was led by the families of the two dead boys, marching behind a banner “Zyed et Bouna, morts pour rien” (Zyed et Bouna dead for nothing). Many of the mostly young crowd were wearig t-shirts with either the names of the two boys or “morts pour rien” written on them.
Violence continues in the Banlieues
Over the past week 6 buses have been set alight in the Parisian suburbs.
On Wednesday night buses were burnt in Nanterre (Seine-Saint-Denis), Montreuil (Hauts-de-Seine), Athis-Mons (Essonne) and a bus was burnt in Grigny (Essonne) last Sunday.
Over the past week 6 buses have been set alight in the Parisian suburbs.
On Wednesday night buses were burnt in Nanterre (Seine-Saint-Denis), Montreuil (Hauts-de-Seine), Athis-Mons (Essonne) and a bus was burnt in Grigny (Essonne) last Sunday.
Bus strike in Paris after night of violence
Buses have been a target for the frustration of banlieue youth for a long time, they are frequently stoned and drivers are often threatened and insulted. On Wednesday night there were a series of incidents of violence.
In Nanterre 5 or 6 youths got onto a bus at around 10pm and began to pour petrol onto the seats. The driver and passengers got off before it was set alight. Another bus was set alight in Montreuil. In Grande-Borne, (near to Grigny where a bus was burnt on Sunday afternoon) up to 80 youths began attacking passing vehicles with projectiles and attempted to set a bus alight.
Atlanta families protest against police killings
Relatives of the 11 people killed this year by DeKalb County police protested on Tuesday night to demand a full account of the deaths.
All 11 victims were shot dead, five times more than the usual number of annual killings by police. The families are demanding explainations from the police about the circumstances of the deaths, as they have never been told what actually happened to their relatives.
Iffat Muhammad says she has never known why police shot and killed her brother, Ab-raheem Muhammad in August this year.
Another day, another IDF Refusenik
Since 2002, soldiers and officers from the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have been refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories in protest against what the Israeli military regime.
The "refuseniks" believe the occupation to be a threat to Israel's own security and inherently oppressive.
Occupation refuser Omri Evron was sentenced Sunday, Oct 15, 2006, to 14 days in military prison after he announced his refusal to enlist for regular mandatory service in the IDF. Omri was put in solitary confinement having refused to wear uniform and obey orders.
