Police Follow

Undercover cops, corrupt links to informants, shredded evidence and a murdered detective add up to a toxic scandal for London’s Met police. Simon Basketter investigates

The family of Mark Duggan are to challenge police procedure used after his shooting in August 2011.

Over 90 people attended a meeting on Friday of last week held by Defend the Right to Protest and Soas Students’ Union on policing, the killing of Mark Duggan and deaths in custody.

Mark Duggan’s mother Pamela has launched a legal challenge against the judge who presided over the inquest into Mark’s death.

The police marksman who shot and killed Azelle Rodney has lost his appeal against a public inquiry’s finding that the shooting was unlawful.

The trial of Nicky Jacobs, the seventh person charged with the killing of PC Blakelock during the 1985 Broadwater Farm riot began at the Old Bailey on Monday of this week.

Anti-water cannon campaigners met in London on Monday of this week to voice their objection to police using water cannons. The meeting, organised by Defend the Right to Protest, was addressed by lawyer Matt Foot as well as protesters from Northern Ireland.

Some 60 people attended a Peace, Justice and Equality public meeting in Manchester on Friday of last week hosted by Black People Rising Against the Cuts (Barac).

The Nicky Jacobs is Innocent campaign was set to be launched this week.

The family of Habib “Paps” Ullah, who died during a stop and search in 2008, are set to meet with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) at the end of the month.

Thousands of civilian staff at the Metropolitan Police were set to walk out for 48 hours from Wednesday of this week.

A protester arrested at the anti-fracking protest camp in Barton Moss near Eccles, Greater Manchester is set to sue Greater Manchester Police over a “trumped up” arrest.