“A blueprint for wholesale reform of British policing to create a service ‘anchored in public consent’ was unveiled today by the inquiry prompted by Scotland Yard’s controversial handling of the G20 protests in London.”
The Guardian, 25th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Climate change protesters have won a judicial review of police tactics during a G20 demonstration, their solicitor said today.”
The Independent, 25th November 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The head of Britain’s police chiefs has said that a scheme to monitor political campaigners may be scrapped as part of plans to make national policing more accountable.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Chris Osmond is a battle-hardened campaigner who has been in and out of courts during his efforts to close down an arms factory near his home. But one day he made a startling discovery. The other side had his personal diary.”
The Guardian, 27th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The 2005 spotter card, published by the Guardian this week, contains a photograph of Martin Hogbin, who was national co-ordinator for the Campaign against the Arms Trade. He was later accused of supplying information to a company linked to BAE’s security department, but denied the allegation.”
The Guardian, 27th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Scotland Yard’s most senior officer in charge of policing protests said today [26.10.09] that he would support a government inspectorate which has proposed a radical overhaul of public order policing.”
The Guardian, 26th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Chief constables will be forced to justify the legality of recording thousands of law-abiding protesters on secret nationwide databases, the government’s privacy watchdog announced today (26 October).”
The Guardian, 26th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Peaceful protesters are being included on a national police database of activists including animal rights activists, far-right groups and other ‘domestic extremists’, according to reports.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An energy company has been criticised for taking legal action against a protester under the Terrorism Act.”
BBC News, 21st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A policeman who was filmed striking a woman on the legs during the G20 protests will appear in court next month charged with assault.”
The Times, 29th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Eleven anti-hunt protesters have been given a total of £38,300 in damages from Derbyshire Police.”
BBC News, 8th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A fathers’ rights activist who handcuffed himself to a government minister during an eight-year campaign has won equal access to his daughter.”
BBC News, 3rd September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police must make immediate changes to the way they control public protests, a watchdog said today.”
The Independent, 6th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Prosecutors have been asked to consider whether the Metropolitan police officer who attacked Ian Tomlinson at the G20 demonstration should be charged with manslaughter.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prosecutors have been handed a file of evidence about the death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests in London in April.”
BBC News, 4th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Metropolitan police’s controversial tactic of containing large numbers of protesters against their will, known as ‘kettling’, will be challenged in a case lodged tomorrow with the European Court of Human Rights that claims the practice is a fundamental breach of liberty.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Denis O’Connor, said senior officers were too focused on dealing with disorder, and not enough on allowing peaceful protest.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An official inquiry into the way the G20 demonstrations were policed is expected to call for urgent reform today, amid concerns that police are failing in their duty to facilitate lawful protest. ”
The Guardian, 7th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Metropolitan police officer being investigated for an assault on Ian Tomlinson before he died had a chequered history which should have barred him from the force, it has emerged.”
The Observer, 5th July 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
“Inexperienced and inadequately trained police officers were pitched into the middle of the ‘highly combustible’ G20 protests in London, according to a highly critical report published today.”
The Times, 29th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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