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UPDATED: 4th Uncut Activist Arrested in Edinburgh

Bright Green Editors 1 June 2011 UPDATED: 4th Uncut Activist Arrested in Edinburgh2011-06-01T17:51:52+01:00 Scotland 25 Comments
We have just heard word that a fourth UK Uncut activist has been arrested in Edinburgh for breach of the peace. The activist was arrested at their home this afternoon…
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Officer A3002 is Guilty of Misuse of Law

NishmaDoshi 17 May 2011 Officer A3002 is Guilty of Misuse of Law2011-05-17T16:30:05+01:00 Green Parties 2 Comments
2009. The year the police became anonymous. The year terrorism meant that pub lic accountability went down the drain. The year they brought in Section 76 of the Counter Terrorism…
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My Afternoon in the Cells

Alasdair Thompson 17 May 2011 My Afternoon in the Cells2011-05-17T12:00:33+01:00 Scotland 10 Comments
It's sometime after 2pm on Sunday, I can't be sure when because the police have taken my phone, and all my effects, and there's no clock in here, and I'm…
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Police PR departments & protest

Adam Ramsay 22 April 2011 Police PR departments & protest2011-04-22T03:05:22+01:00 Green Parties 34 Comments
Police in Bristol have tonight arrested a number of people who they say were squatting a building in Stokescroft. There has been a long running squat on Cheltenham Road in…
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A proportionate response?

Alasdair Thompson 19 April 2011 A proportionate response?2011-04-19T12:00:28+01:00 Green Parties 9 Comments
"Overall our impression was that the police reacted proportionately" So is the judgement of Liberty on the police's handling of the events of the 26th of March. Liberty, an organisation…
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Crime and privilege

BethTichborne 8 April 2011 Crime and privilege2011-04-08T12:30:49+01:00 Green Parties 1 Comment
This piece first appeared over at The Topsoil A lot of people had disturbing experiences in the cells after the Fortnum & Mason arrests, one girl was told she couldn’t…
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Who Can Afford to Protest?

Bright Green Editors 4 March 2011 Who Can Afford to Protest?2014-12-15T10:59:57+00:00 Green Parties 1 Comment
By Ruth Cape, writing from Tromsø. With the issue of possessing a right to protest surely being fresh in our collective minds at the moment, the recent case of the…
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Pepper spray update: the law is just for plebs

Gary Dunion 30 January 2011 Pepper spray update: the law is just for plebs2014-12-04T18:24:00+00:00 *Rights & Democracy* 4 Comments
Slightly as I expected, in asking where the Met's Defence Council authorisation to carry pepper spray or CS was, I was missing something. I assumed it would be an obscure…
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Undercover cops: political or commercial?

JonathanKent 20 January 2011 Undercover cops: political or commercial?2011-01-20T07:39:38+00:00 Environment 1 Comment
The reaction to the news that an undercover police officer, Mark Kennedy, spent seven years infiltrating green campaign groups has been genuinely fascinating. Quite understandably there’s been the strong sense…
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Ratcliffe trial: a defendant tells the tale

Danny Chivers 13 January 2011 Ratcliffe trial: a defendant tells the tale2017-07-22T15:10:23+01:00 *Essays* 4 Comments
Soaring ambitions Being arrested and charged with a crime you didn’t commit is far less glamorous in real life than in the movies. It happened to me just before midnight,…
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