#acab uk

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

This is the headline just before 3pm today.

This is the headline now.

The police chased two teenagers on an e-bike into traffic, and they were killed. The local population in Ely turned out to mourn, and were met by riot vans. They didn’t go home quietly, in part because the police were denying their involvement in the deaths of the boys.

The police denied any involvement in the deaths of the teenagers.

And then, this afternoon, CCTV footage has emerged showing a police van “following” the teenagers just minutes before they died.

If this footage hadn’t come out, then the police would have gone on lying.

#uk politics #police #acab #fuck the police #police killings #cardiff #wales

[songofwizardry]

ok I'm not an expert but I'm not seeing much specific info going around here, and there's a lotta Palestine solidarity protests in the UK this weekend, so here is some (including UK-specific) protest info and resources (mostly pulled whole-cloth from Twitter)

policing is heavy at Palestine protests generally

Hamas is a proscribed org under UK law. that means "inviting support" for them or "wearing clothing or displaying articles" that implies you are a supporter is a criminal offence (if you're interested, here's the full list of criminal offences from gov.uk). Palestinian flags etc are ok*, but do not have something that could be mistaken for Hamas imagery. don't go out there looking for convictions pls.

*in spite of what Suella Braverman has implied, the London Muslim Community Forum has just confirmed that the Palestinian flag is not a proscribed flag and is not banned (apologies for quoting the "we advise the met police" group but I thought it was important to have that info explicitly)

don't talk to cops. that includes the police liasion officers in blue bibs.

particularly if you're concerned about your face ending up on social media etc, but also just good practice in general (both in terms of COVID and protest safety)—mask up. cover up tattoos etc.

have bustcards or contact details for protest legal support on you. Green and Black Cross can be contacted on 07946 541 511. write the number on your arm etc.

if you witness an arrest: check if there's a legal observer nearby and if so call them over; if not: if the arrestee doesn't have a bustcard, give them one, find out where they're being taken, and contact eg GBC or a protest support line

if you have the time and can help out, there will likely be arrestee support required after—GBC tend to post callouts on Twitter for this

other links

for particularly children and young people and their families being referred to PREVENT for pro-Palestine statements, contact PREVENTWatch and maybe also Palestine in School (newer initiative I think, I don't have an excessive amount of detail on them just FYI)

Liberty, Migrants Organise and Black Protest Legal Support have bustcards in different languages, including Arabic and Somali (also Liberty's website has lotsa useful info, including advice for disabled protesters, protesting and immigration status, and what to do if you're kettled)

GBC's thread on what to do if you see an arrest is useful, as are all their resources generally

if I've missed anything or made a mistake, lmk—as I said, I am very much not an expert. if you know people who are protesting, pass them the legal support line numbers; if you're attending, stay safe and be vigilant; and ofc carry water.

#palestine #current events #organising #acab #text post #my post #if there is a better post that i haven't seen with up to date uk info pls lmk and i will gladly reblog it #but i know there's ppl on here who aren't on twitter so #also #in my experience #palestine protests both bring out a large group of ppl who maybe have not been to as many 'spiky' protests or don't have #up to date support numbers etc #and bring out people who are targeted by the police bc of race immigration status being perceived as muslim etc #and like i do think the profile of protest safety is higher and people are more aware than they were in general in say 2019 #but i still don't think it's as high as it should be #so like #it's worth sharing and passing around #but again i am so much not an expert #this is all taken from people whose jobs is supporting folks who are protesting #please go look them up read their info share their bustcards etc #know your rights #don't talk to cops #no comment no caution no personal details etc

[kropotkindersurprise]

May 22, 2023 - Local youth fought with police in the community of Ely in Cardiff, Wales, after two teenagers died in a traffic accident because a police car chased the two boys, who were riding an E-bike. Welsh police denied that the boys were being chased and said the riots were based on unfounded rumours that police caused the deaths, until CCTV footage of the cops chasing the kids proved that police lied. [video]

#acab #ely #cardiff #wales #uk #police brutality #chase #death #gif #2023 #flashing gif #riot #riot police #fireworks #police line #police #fire #flames #explosion #cymru

[anarchotahdigism]

Yet more efforts to make masking illegal All the more reason that everyone should be masking. It's harder to ban what is considered normal, but if "normal" is eugenics and police oppression, then it's quite easy to ban anything that mildly hinders those things.

#wear a mask #covid #genocide #death to terf island #death to the monarcy #death to the crown #acab #surveillance state #anticapitailsm #antifascism #UK politics #chuck deserves cancer #anticapitalism #eugenics #ableism

[sky-daddy-hates-me]

If this MP is so intimidated by drawing pins and a placard, why did they become an MP? Do they go into WHSmiths and just breakdown in fear? When campaigning do they have to be photoshopped into pictures containing placards as they couldn't stand being there in person?

#uk politics #fuck the uk government #uk police #politics #mp #member of parliament #acab #fuck the israeli government #free gaza #free palestine #gaza #palestine #israel #israel is committing genocide #israel is a war criminal #fuck israel #end israeli occupation #boycott israel

[nando161mando]

What is it about police and disliking accountability?

The reality is that many of these videos of police actions show misbehaviour by police officers.

When you've got many police under investigation, can you really blame the public for wanting to film?

Rowley is missing the point. I'm general, trust in the police is very low. Having a go at the public for commenting or filming is not going to help improve that. It just shows he isn't listening.

#UKPolitics

#mark rowley #all cops are bastards #1312 #acab #ftp #fuck the police #uk politics #uk police #uk pop #uk post office scandal #ukpol #uk government #uk govt #ukgov #uk #ausgov #politas #auspol #tasgov #taspol #australia #fuck neoliberals #neoliberal capitalism #anthony albanese #albanese government #police state #police #defund the cops #cops #cop

[scottishcommune]

The Inquiry was first ordered in 2014 following multiple scandals around two undercover units – the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) and National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU). From 1968 to 2010 their officers infiltrated predominantly left-wing groups, and the SDS’s motto “By Any Means Necessary” proved far truer than anyone imagined. They stole the identities of dead children to form their cover, took positions of power in target groups, deceived women into relationships and in some cases even fathered children. No group was out of bounds – to be seeking social change was sufficient. The final straw leading to the Inquiry was the revelation that they had targeted the family of Stephen Lawrence and Duwayne Brooks while they were engaged in the Macpherson Inquiry, which found the Metropolitan Police to be institutionally racist...

#UK pol #ACAB #Anarchism #Socialism #Freeblr

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

Please share.

Never accept a caution without proper legal advice.

#uk politics #legal rights #police #lancashire #netpol #green and black cross #no caution #acab #fuck the police

[opendirectories]

#open directories #sign #surveillance #police #undercover #uk #acab

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

so like we're all aware of the uh absolute disaster of arrests related to the coronation, right? with the police arresting people for seemingly no reason at best?

anyone want to hear a first hand account of one of them? yeah?

well, let me introduce you to the group who were arrested in the middle of a seminar that was entirely unrelated to the coronation who were arrested by the metropolitan police with a rather surreal tangent about vegan breakfasts.

[Alt Text:]

‘It was utterly surreal’: police accused of farcical error after 14 arrested at seminar on day of coronation

Primary teacher and ex-civil servant were among those attending class. Here they recount what happened

Daniel Boffey Chief reporter, Sun 21 May 2023

“I felt that they knew by the time they had taken us to the station in the van that they had the wrong people,” said Lauren, 26, a medical writer in the pharmaceutical industry.

The post-coronation wash-up over the last fortnight has been marked by an array of surreal stories of bungled arrests, from the republican activists swept up by police for possession of luggage straps to the pro-monarchy Australian architect who had been simply seeking to enjoy a pleasant day out at Westminster Abbey.

It has been notable that in each of those cases, after intense media attention, the Metropolitan police has since admitted some regret and announced that no further action would be taken.

The group, almost entirely female or non-binary, aged between their mid-20s and late 60s and largely new to activism, let alone its more extreme manifestations, were arrested on suspicion of being a Just Stop Oil cell intent on disrupting the crowning of Charles III.

In reality, they had gathered in a small nondescript room in a rented work space in east London for a seven-hour seminar about the theory, history and practice of non-violent protest after expressing an interest in the social activist group Animal Rising, largely via its website.

They were put in minivans outside the building, with eight of the group taken to Brixton police station in south London and six to Stoke Newington in north London. Hillwood was sat in the vehicle for hour and a half before disembarking in Brixton. There was a further 90-minute wait outside the station before being checked in at the custody desk.

It was 4pm by the time Hillwood was led to her cell. She asked for her solicitor and was served a vegan “all day breakfast”. “It was literally beans,” Hillwood said. A solicitor advised her to offer no comment to the officers’ questions.

But when it came to his turn, Jenkins felt no such compunction. “I said my intention was to sit in an all day training course learn about non-violent protests, meet some new people and avoid the coronation.”

The group were let out late in the evening on bail pending further investigation. Those arrested have since tried to piece together what may have happened. They learned that Just Stop Oil had previously used the building for meetings, along with many other organisations.

The police had mentioned some placards lying around in part of the building, and some paint unconnected to the training. The truth, said Caitlin, was that it was a horrible bungle. Animal Rising is planning a civil case for wrongful arrest and imprisonment. “I want the police to drop it,” said Caitlin. “I want my phone and my watch back and I want this wiped from the police database.”

The Metropolitan police has declined to comment.

full article here

so little tl/dr: the metropolitan police essentially raided a 7 hour seminar that was unrelated to the coronation, and arrested 14 people on suspicion of being part of just stop oil and held them for over six hours because uh, well theyd rented the same room as just stop oil did one time and there was some signs i guess.

(side note on just stop oil; ive read a lot of conflicting information about them as activists and i honestly dont know if they are a real activist group or if its astroturfing. if anyone more educated on them wants to elaborate, please do.)

they were arrested “on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance” because the police believed they intended to disrupt the coronation.

im not sure how they planned to do that since they were five miles away from it and in a seven-hour seminar, but who needs logistics or facts when you have a law that violates human rights.

theyre still being investigated now; the police still have caitlins phone; theyre out on fucking bail.

again, the police believe their part of just stop oil because they rented a room that anyone can rent and apparently they saw some signs and placards.

if you wrote "25 police officers mistakenly raid a seminar on non-violent protest as they believed them to be part of a conspiracy for renting a room" as satire, youd probably get the feedback or it being a little on the nose. but nope, this actually happened.

#britpol #ukpol #british police #british politics #uk police #uk politics #coronation #police #anti coronation #acab #king charles #anti monarchy #monarchy #uk #unlawful arrests #fascisim #just stop oil #protests #peaceful protests #peaceful protest #protest #the guardian #daniel boffey #animal rising #met police #metropolitan police #police misconduct #this is just insane idek what to tag #conspiracy #human rights

[reneewalkersbiceps]

some things i feel like i should share today as another unelected, money hoarding, tax-dodging, out of touch parasite takes his place as the ‘leader’ of the country:

• i have always been and will always be anti-monarchy. end of.

• today, peaceful protestors on the streets of london are being arrested before they have even started their protests. signs are being confiscated and the public arrested.

• this coronation comes at a time when nurses, junior doctors, teachers and countless others are striking for better working conditions, safety for those they look after and fair pay for the life saving work they do.

• this country has never had more food banks open and overwhelmed. we are drowning in a cost of living crisis that affects everyone but the rich. people have no food and yet east midlands railway is handing out free scones exclusively to it’s first class passengers to celebrate the coronation.

• over 270,000 people in the uk are unhoused (as of jan 2023), living on the streets or in temporary accommodation, meanwhile monarchists have been camping out on the streets for days - uninterrupted by the met police - to catch a fleeting glimpse of a man in a golden carriage driving past.

• speaking of the met police, a recent report found them ‘institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic’. just saying.

there’s so much more i could say but i just wanted to illustrate the absolute state of this country at the moment for anyone abroad. we should be ashamed that we as a country are celebrating this day when so many are starving to death, dying on the streets and dying pre/in hospital due to unsafe workplace conditions.

fuck the monarchy. fuck the tories. fuck the police. fuck the coronation. fuck this country and it’s warped sense of what’s right and what’s wrong.

#fuck the monarchy #not aftg #coronation #uk politics #acab #fuck the police

[convertgrapeling]

If you're outraged at people in France getting bullshit convictions for crimes like stealing a can of Red Bull during the riots, it might interest you to recall that when London rioted following the police murdering someone in 2011, we also "sent a message" to rioters with ridiculously harsh sentences. One student was locked up for 6 months for stealing bottled water.

The Director of Public Prosecutions who presided over all this was a man named Keir Starmer.

#uk politics #keir starmer #red tory scum #tw murder #acab

[oceanmonsters]

To summarise:

a non-verbal/minimally verbal Black 17 year old UK citizen went missing from the hospital where he was being treated for psychosis

local police and british transport police were notified of his disappearance (i.e. he was known to be a missing person)

he was arrested at a train station for “fare evasion”

police claim that they were “unable to engage with the male or verify the details provided”

because of this, he was then assumed to be an immigrant and handed over to immigration enforcement, who record him in their documents as a Nigerian national who does not have leave to remain in the UK (once again, he is a UK citizen who has never even been to Nigeria. According to his mother he “never would’ve said he was Nigerian”. It’s unclear whether he is even Nigerian by ethnicity). 

a british transport police commander said she assumed the teenager was Nigerian because of his accent (his mother contests this; she says that on the rare occasions he speaks he has a Manchester/London accent, on account of him being born and raised in England).

in the records prepared at the immigration detention centre, it is stated that his removal from the UK is “imminent” as he had “failed to give satisfactory or reliable answers”

to emphasise: because he was black and minimally verbal and psychotic, they assumed he could not speak English. UK immigration services prepared to deport a black minor to a country simply because they assumed he was an immigrant from that country, without any actual evidence of his nationality or immigration status or what country he was actually from.

This is genuinely one of the most disgusting and scary cases I have heard about in a while. It shows two things: one, the consequences of the dangerous anti-immigrant rhetoric and “hostile environment” policies from our government over the past years — how citizens can be picked up off the street and assumed to be immigrants until proved otherwise — and how any discussions about racism and anti-Blackness in the UK are inherently linked with immigration and one cannot be discussed without the other l. Secondly, the intersection between ableism and racism/anti-Blackness — how disabled and mentally ill individuals of colour are the most vulnerable and any discussion about racism & ableism has to take this into consideration.

#uk politics #racism #antiblackness #ableism #acab #abolish the police

[random-jot]

1. A young man was thrown to the ground and taken away for yelling “Nonce” at Prince Andrew — Prince Andrew being a known nonce* who was bailed out by the queen with £12 million of taxpayers money 🚩

*and remember, nonce is derogatory British slang for fucking paedophile

2. A 22 year-old woman holding a sign that said “Fuck Imperialism, Abolish Monarchy” was arrested for ‘connection with a breach in peace’ 🚩

3. Another woman pictured surrounded by police for holding a sign saying “Not My King”

🚩

But we live in a democracy. Don’t we?

#abolish the monarchy #uk politics #acab #the queen #freedom of speech #police state #red flags #anti royal family #fuck the king

[nights-are-better]

this is something i’ve been thinking about recently, with all the use of social media nowadays, do you guys not understand that’s what they want.

they want you to be bickering on twitter about aron bushnell (and don’t you dare let his sacrifice be for nothing).

they want you to be bickering over "who’s side are you on?". (oh yknow, the side that has more than basic humanity)

they want you to be divided political parties (whilst none of them speak for you or me).

they want you to fight on social media over the most recent headlines.

they want you to be distracted, because if all of us are fighting, they can get away with a lot more.

#free gaza #free palestine #palestine #free free palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #acab #burn the fucking government #those old fucks don’t speak for me #free congo #freepalastine🇵🇸 #free sudan #free uyghurs #liberation for all #uk politics #uk news #uk government #fuck the tories

[thespacekats]

my friends who both finished p5r watch me play it and for the first 65 hours of the game repeatedly say "i can fix him" "i can make him anti-state" referring to goro akechi

my status on the game.. i am post sae nijimas palace.. every "i can fix him" crashed down at me at once...

#persona 5 royal #goro akechi #i thought joker could fix him.. #but when they say acab it means *all* of them #even if theyre extraordinarily beautiful and charming #UK undercover policing relationships scandal type relationship dynamic between akechi and joker.. tbh #p5 spoilers