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‘Keir Starmer’s Weaponisation of Foreign National Crime Statistics Risks Stoking Violence and Empowering the Far Right’
Ranking crimes by nationality risks stoking a repeat of last summer’s racist riots, argues Minnie Rahman, who urges ministers to focus on fairness and rehabilitation instead
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Will a Police Officer Sacked and Jailed for a Violent Assault Finally Be Able to Clear His Name?
After years of inaction, the Criminal Case Review Commission has finally referred the case of PC Danny Major to the Court of Appeal
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Protest Crackdown in Britain Now Amounts to ‘State Repression’ And the Labour Government is Continuing the Trend, Warn Campaigners
Infringements on the right to protest have been ’emboldened’ by successive governments, report argues
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Prisons Overcrowding Crisis to Force Keir Starmer to Release Thousands More Prisoners Early
The crisis followed the last Conservative Government’s failure to fulfil its promise to build up to 20,000 more prisons places before leaving office
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Republican Activist Wins Police Settlement After Unlawful Arrest for Shouting at King Charles’ Proclamation
Thames Valley Police acknowledges arrest was unlawful but offers no formal apology as campaigner Symon Hill warns of ‘wider struggle’ to protect protest rights
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Holocaust Survivor Summoned for Police Interview Over Gaza Solidarity Protest
Stephen Kapos, 87, is among dozens of activists interviewed or charged by police for their part in the January 18th pro-Palestine protest in London
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Police Force Faces Backlash Over Facial Recognition Technology Linked to Surveillance in Gaza
Officers have been using technology used by Israel during its operations in Gaza and the West Bank
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UK Universities Accused of Training Police and Security Officers for Repressive Dictatorships Without Screening Students
Almost no checks are in place to ensure training is not used to clamp down on human rights and peaceful dissent, say campaigners
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Hundreds of Protesters Jailed Under Anti-Protest Laws Could Appeal Convictions if Court Challenge Succeeds
Campaigners are challenging the lawfulness of restrictions brought in by the former Conservative Home Secretary Suella Braverman
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Is the Met Police Targeting Black Officers? Force Faces Questions Over ‘Cotton Pickers’ Ruling
An official report found Black police officers are much more likely to be subject to internal misconduct investigations than their white counterparts
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Met Police Accused of Lying About Gaza Protest at the BBC
Green Party’s Deputy Leader Zack Polanski challenges the Home Secretary, as row deepens over police handling of Palestine solidarity march
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‘Our Whole Existence Is Illegal’: What the Police Removal of Traveller Children Reveals About Public and Media Attitudes Towards Community
Police accused of ‘discriminatory’ and ‘heavy-handed’ approach towards children from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
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‘The Police Questioning of Allison Pearson Is a Sign of the Criminal Justice System at Its Best’
The idea Alison Pearson should have avoided investigation simply because of her position at the Daily Telegraph is abhorrent to natural justice, argues lawyer Gareth Roberts
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How the Media ‘Justified’ the Shooting of Chris Kaba and then ‘Conducted a Merciless Autopsy’ on his Life
The headlines about Chris Kaba tell us more about the society and media in this country than his killing
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‘Report Showing Police Officers Accused of Domestic Abuse Have Been Promoted Shows Little has Changed Since Sarah Everard Murder’
The Centre for Women’s Justice has released a damning report based on the testimony of more than 200 women who allege attacks by their police officer partners
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Police Anti-Racism Initiative Slammed for ‘Shocking’ Decision to Hold Back £1.8 Million in Funding
Black police chief says the shortfall shows ‘why our members feel that things have got worse over the last four years’
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Top Lawyer on Your Right to Protest, Legal Aid, Mouldy Housing and Fighting Racism
Christian Weaver represented the family of Awaab Ishak who died from a condition caused by black mould in his family’s social housing flat
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Right-Wing Broadcasters Post ‘Absolutely Pointless’ Race Hate Disclaimers on Social Media Amid Jail Terms for Riots Incitement
Dan Wootton, Beverley Turner, David Vance have posted the disclaimer which legal experts have said offers no protection from the law
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Survivor of Alleged Rape to Sue Police Claiming ‘Failure to Properly Investigate Breached Human Rights’
Jan Cruickshank alleged that a male workmate sexually harassed her in person and via text messages for three years before raping her in spring 2015.
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Met Police Strip Search Detainees 80% More Than Other Forces – as Report Details Controversial Tactic is Still Being Misused
A report by the Children’s Commissioner found that kids as young as eight have been strip-searched every 14 hours under police stop and search powers
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‘Keir Starmer Wants Police to Expand Use of Facial Recognition Technology Across UK – He Should Ban it Altogether’
The PM announced plans for ‘wider deployment’ after the riots – but it is a ‘deeply flawed’ technology ‘technically and legally, and impacts entire communities’
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Urgent Review of ‘Racist’ Met Police Unit Needed to Avoid Riots, Says Prominent Black Former Officer
The North Area Basic Command Unit – which encompasses Enfield and Haringey, two of the most ethnically diverse areas of London – has a long history of racial incidents by its employees
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Met Apologises for ‘Racist’ Social Media Post That ‘Shocked’ National Black Police Association
Social media users branded the post “outrageous” and it was slammed by the National Black Police Association
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Black Women Are Three Times More Likely to be Rejected for Jobs at UK Police Forces
During a three-year recruitment of 20,000 officers, police were able to achieve gender parity – but when it came to black women, ‘acute discrimination’ was clear
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Policing of Pro-Palestine Protests is ‘Racist and Islamophobic’ and Driven By Media and Government Pressure, Report Warns
Policing was driven by politicians and media furore, with pressure on police to ‘do more’ resulting in confused and inconsistent decision-making, Netpol argues
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Five Years After Medical Cannabis Was Legalised, Almost a Third of Police Officers Still Don’t Know and Patients Get ‘Penalised For Our Prescriptions’
Medical cannabis has been legal on prescription in the UK since November 2018, and an estimated 30,000 people use it, yet patients are being ‘discriminated’ against and even arrested and charged
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‘Journalists Aren’t Asking the Right Questions On Why the Metropolitan Police is Such a Failing Institution’
The latest episode of the hit Media Storm podcast focuses on how the press frames our damaging and discriminatory policing culture
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Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner Faces Calls to Quit Over Police Uniform Stunt and Social Media Posts
Festus Akinbusoye is in hot water over potential ethics breaches as complaints mount
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The Law That Could Prevent the Next Hillsborough
35 years on from the disaster that killed 97 Liverpool fans, survivors believe a law demanding a ‘duty of candour’ in public inquiries could prevent future cover ups
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Caroline Flack’s Lawyer Suggests Decision to Charge her May Have Been ‘Driven by Desire’ to Appease Media as Met Police Probe Case
A recent Byline Times investigation uncovered evidence that led to the Metropolitan Police announcing that it is re-examining its decision to charge the TV star with assault
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Princess Diana ‘Phone Pest’ Story Links Both Rupert Murdoch and Piers Morgan to the ‘Criminal-Media Nexus’ of Police Corruption
An amended claim by Prince Harry in the High Court puts both the interviewer and newspaper mogul in the spotlight
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Young Black Business Owner Describes ‘Traumatising and Humiliating’ Met Police Stop & Search Experience
Josh King said police told him he was stopped simply because he had a ‘nice car’
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Revealed: Met Police ‘Exit Data’ Shows Just How Bad it is to Work there for Some Staff
Exclusive ‘exit data’ obtained by Byline Times suggests that the force has a long way to go in its claimed attempts to ‘address valid concerns’ about life as a non-white or female employee on the force
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Revealed: Scotland Yard’s Anti-Corruption and Abuse Hotline Inundated with Calls
Despite initially denying it held the data, the Met confirm 2,400 anonymous reports of corrupt or abusive staff
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Palestine Protesters Vow to Keep Marching Despite Fresh Clampdown Threats, as Muslim Council Blasts Islamophobic Rhetoric
Palestine protest organisers believe senior Government officials are placing heavy pressure on police to clamp down on their demonstrations
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Met Police Ignored Serious Sexual Allegations Against Male Officers – Whistleblower
Amina Ahmed tells Byline Times that senior management regularly turned a blind eye to allegations of violence, sexual assault, and even rape made by her female colleagues against serving officers
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Senior Female Asian Metropolitan Police Staffer Quits Over Force Racism Following Boycott Call
A Muslim Met staffer resigned saying her complaints about racism, misogyny and sexual assault allegedly committed by her colleagues had been systematically ignored
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Sweet Little Lies: The Surreptitious Spread of Police Polygraph Testing
With little public debate, and doubts about their reliability, Byline Times reveals the use of lie detectors is still increasing
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The Post Office Scandal: Why Do Miscarriages of Justice Take So Long to Expose?
Veteran Crime Reporter Duncan Campbell examines the sad history of wrongful prosecutions and the decline of deeply researched investigations
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A Culture of Failing to Protect Women: The Shocking Stories of Police Misconduct
Andrew Kersley speaks to those who have experienced inappropriate and degrading behaviour at the hands of police officers – with few consequences
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‘Stopping Male Violence Must Focus on Men: Why the Government’s New Spiking Measures Continue to Fail Women’
Despite more than 6,700 reports of spiking in England and Wales, the Government’s new initiatives fall short of meaningful action, writes Reclaim These Streets co-founder Jamie Klingler
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Getting Away with Murder? What Harry’s Win Against the Mirror Means for Murdoch and the Mail
The judgment of Justice Fancourt establishes a clear link between the ‘criminal media nexus’ of corrupt cops, journalists and the murders of Stephen Lawrence and Daniel Morgan to feature in trials next year
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Revealed: Police Officer Misconduct Hits Record High with Quarter of Offences Being Sexual
There has been a surge in serious offences committed by police officers, reports Andrew Kersley
