Police

Sexist attitudes behind police failings in Newcastle abuse case
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Sexist attitudes behind police failings in Newcastle abuse case

Sexual abuse and sexist attitudes aren’t the preserve of Asian men. They are at the heart of capitalist society. And this explains police failings.
10 August 2017
Keep the health department off the contaminated blood inquiry
The Troublemaker

Keep the health department off the contaminated blood inquiry

A former bishop brought in to save the contaminated blood scandal inquiry has said the Department of Health (DoH) should be removed from the inquiry.
08 August 2017
Lewisham 1977 - forty years on from when we smashed the Nazi National Front
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Lewisham 1977 – forty years on from when we smashed the Nazi National Front

Forty years ago this week thousands of protesters blocked a Nazi march in south east London—and made history.
08 August 2017
Families speak out on anniversary of police killing of Mark Duggan
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Families speak out on anniversary of police killing of Mark Duggan

The mothers of Mark Duggan and Jermaine Baker demanded an end to police killings on the sixth anniversary of Mark's death in Tottenham yesterday, Friday.
05 August 2017
Police account unravels as IPCC confirms Rashan Charles did not swallow drugs
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Police account unravels as IPCC confirms Rashan Charles did not swallow drugs

The cops’ pet watchdog, the IPCC, confirmed yesterday, Wednesday, that Rashan Charles did not swallow drugs before he died.
03 August 2017
Birmingham man in critical condition after cops shoot him
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Birmingham man in critical condition after cops shoot him

Sharif Cousins was shot in the chest in Hereford Close, Birmingham, by police last Wednesday.
01 August 2017
Exclusive: witnesses speak out on how Darren Cumberbatch died
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Exclusive: witnesses speak out on how Darren Cumberbatch died

Speakers at a rally and other witnesses have given their accounts of how Darren Cumberbatch died
30 July 2017
‘We will fight for justice for Darren Cumberbatch’
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‘We will fight for justice for Darren Cumberbatch’

Over 350 people have attended a march in Nuneaton, Warwickshire over the death of Darren Cumberbatch after contact with the police
30 July 2017
Protest demands justice for black men killed after contact with police
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Protest demands justice for black men killed after contact with police

Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott spoke to protesters outside Stoke Newington police station in Hackney today, Saturday.
29 July 2017
Fury and barricades in Hackney after death of Rashan Charles
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Fury and barricades in Hackney after death of Rashan Charles

Anger against the police and racism bursts on to the the streets of Hackney, east London
28 July 2017
Did police tasering cause Darren Cumberbatch to die?
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Did police tasering cause Darren Cumberbatch to die?

The family of Darren Cumberbatch, who died after being arrested by police in Nuneaton want answers over his death.
26 July 2017
Justice for Rashan Charles march in Hackney 25 July 2017
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March for justice for Rashan Charles

Hundreds of angry protesters marched through Hackney, east London, on 24 July demanding justice for Rashan Charles.
25 July 2017