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Hillsborough: Two oranges
When a Bright Green editor texted me to ask if I would write a few hundred words on Hillsborough today for the website, I stared at a blank screen for…
The Real Scandal of Police Sexual Offences
Over the last few days the Guardian has reported that that, in the space of four years, there have been fifty six known cases where a police officer or other…
Private police?: Georgian Policy for the Modern Age
What did you do if you were the victim of a crime in Georgian London? Say, for example, you’d been held up by bandits on the road, or had your…
Starmer Drama: DPP’s Today programme announcement shows that the CPS are not even following their bizarre new guidelines
By one of the Fortnum & Mason arrestees These days, I’m all too used to being woken up by the sound of my own voice shouting at the radio. This…
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…
Dick of the Year – Lieutenant John Pike
This is the first nomination for Bright Green's Dick of the Year 2011 competition. To send us your nomination email 200 words to editors @ brightgreenscotland dot org. By Adam…
Policing politics?
This is a slightly longer version of an article which appeared yesterday in Edinburgh University’s Student newspaper. It hopefully has some utility for others who are working towards social change…
Fifth Edinburgh Uncut Activist Arrested
A UK Uncut activist was arrested in Edinburgh at around on Saturday for breach of the peace and obstructing the pavement. Under Scots Law, breach of the peace is a…
Lib Dem conference protester remanded in custody after banner drop
The three men remanded in custody for three days over the weekend, after a banner drop at the Liberal Democrat conference, appeared in court today. The men were remanded as…
The rise of the Far-Right after the riots
I wish we could ignore that petition. You know which one. The one that would have innocent people thrown out into the street because of what someone in their family might…