Police Station Support Guide
Being arrested and held in police custody is unpleasant. People often appreciate being met by a friendly face when they are released. This is a guide to doing effective police station support. This guide is an updated version of the Activist’s Legal Project guide to arrestee support, created collectively by GBC Resources, Activist Court Aid Brigade (ACAB) and Queercare.
It’s Still “No Comment”
A brief statement on the importance of "no comment" interviews, based on the experiences of the Legal Defence & Monitoring Group. Found on Pastebin.
Detainment is Death in the Pandemic!
Submitted by Bandilang Itim on May 1 2020 03:22
Inmates and persons deprived of liberty are at high risk of dying due to COVID-19. The state's campaign of mass arrests and detainment of so-called quarantine violators risks spreading the disease to detainees. As it is the poor who bares the brunt of the state's policing and incarceration, prisons and police must be abolished as they mostly only target the poor.
How To Set Up An Anti-Raids Group
A zine produced by Haringey Anti-Raids in 2018
La Resistencia Statement on Shooting Death of Northwest Detention Center Protester
Submitted by R Totale on Jul 14 2019 15:13
Stop The City 1983/4 - Documentation and Attitudes To Policing
A brief account of the 'Stop The City' protests 1983/4, concentrating on attitudes to possible and actual police repression - and efforts to ensure effective protests.
For The Conference Against Police Repression
Haringey, 14th September 1985
Also includes leaflets and discussion documents produced by those involved at the time:
Knife crime - analysing a moral panic
Submitted by Mike Harman on Mar 12 2019 22:05
Knife violence is highly emotive and traumatic, whether it’s the images of youthful victims or bereaved parents conducting marches to end street violence. This week, a majority of Labourlist readers believe that the Labour Party should back stop and search and all Labour London MPs are lobbying government for more police to deal with knife crime. Everyone wants something to do be done but what must be done and how do we get it?
Police Regulation of Working Class Life in 19th Century France
Submitted by Reddebrek on Nov 22 2018 21:39
One of the consequences of the frequent insurrections, riots and demonstrations of 19th Century France was the increased surveillance and repression by the police, army and government. This article details the rise of the Party of Order and then Napoleon III's police state and the state of emergencies in the countryside.
Jeremy Hammond’s statement on the plea and sentencing of his brother, Jason Hammond
Imprisoned anarchist hacker Jeremy Hammond's response to his twin brother's sentencing for participation in a militant direct action against white supremacists. Jason Hammond has since been released after serving his sentence, but the statement is still noteworthy as a summary of Jeremy's ideology.
A World Without Police - Audio Book
A reading of a pamphlet stressing the need to abolish police as an institution which provides some practical steps for communities to take in that process.
