Tag archives for civil liberties
Death in Custody: Police Shame or 'Excited Delirium'?
by Joel Sharples Imagine the following scenario: a police officer’s home is broken into by a gang of eleven youths, who chase him into the street and beat him to…
Birmingham Vice Chancellor David Eastwood should resign
Last week, Bright Green covered Birmingham University's crack down on protest. Now Amnesty International and Liberty have slammed the university over its behaviour. Here, Edd Bauer, the Student Union's education…
Think you live in a free country? Think again…
by Richard Openshaw Last week saw US campus police use pepper spray in an attempt to end a patently peaceful student Occupy protest at a University of California campus and…
Unions & NGOs back UK Uncut
This is a letter from a number of NGOs and unions in support of UK Uncut. Protest has been a means for progressive change throughout human history - and it…