police
News and articles about work, policy and mutinies in armed forces and police services around the world.
No comment: The defendant's guide to arrest
A detailed guide on your rights if you are arrested, with advice on what police are likely to do and say, and what you can do to protext yourself.
If you think you might one day run the risk of being arrested, you must find out what to do in that situation. If prison, fines, community service etc. don’t appeal to you by following what’s written in this article you can massively reduce the risk of all three. In the police station, the cops rely on people’s naivety.
Stop and search guide to your rights
A page of information about police stop and search powers in the UK and your rights when you are stopped and searched.
What is a ‘Stop and Search’?
Police officers can stop and talk to you at any time. But they should only search you if they suspect you are carrying:
- Drugs
- Weapons
- Stolen property
- Tools which could be used to commit a crime
Why me?
Rossport Shell camp: Community under siege
Protests take place in Irish cities as state forces move in support of Shell.
Friday October the sixth saw protests in Galway, Cork, Belfast and at four locations in Dublin in response to the increased police presence at Shell’s refinery construction site in Mayo. At least two of the solidarity actions were visited by Special Branch. Several other protests have also taken place around the country in the last week.
Shoot to Kill
This article is from Black Flag in 1999. It analyses the British state's use of shoot to kill.
1992: The LA riots
A brief account of the six days of rioting which set Los Angeles aflame following the acquittal of four police officers who were filmed beating black motorist Rodney King.
"There's a difference between frustration with the law and direct assaults upon our legal system."
- George Bush Snr., May 3rd, 1992.
1981: The Brixton riots
The following article is a personal account of the run-up to the anti-police riots in Brixton, South London, and the riots themselves.
By now the social and economic background to the Brixton riots will be familiar to most people.
1976: The Notting Hill Carnival riots
An account of the riots at the popular West London carnival which were sparked by the arbitrary harassment and arrests of young black attendees by police. Taken together with similar anti-police riots such as those in Broadwater Farm and Brixton in 1981 they forced a dramatic change in policing methods in the the capital.
Every year, during the August bank-holiday, Britain's West Indian community holds a Carribean-style carnival, with colourful parades, music, dancing and dozens of side events. Hundreds of thousands of people from all over the country attend. It is held on the streets of North Kensington.
1982: The death of Neil Roberts
A short account of a little known political death in New Zealand. In 1982, an anarchist punk rocker attempted to blow up the Wanganui police computer. He blew himself up in the process
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1981: The nine year old leader (C.L.R. James on Moss Side)
James discusses a 1981 riot in Manchester, northern England.
Rennes postal workers take short strike action in solidarity with blockades
Postal workers take short wildcat strike action in support of sorting office-occupying anti-CPE demonstrators.
Ouest France in Brittany report from postal sorting office in Rennes:
