Georgia Gabriel-Hooper was just 14 when she saw her mother, Cheryl, being shot dead through the window of her car by her stepfather. This was the culmination of seven years of abuse, threats and control.
Cheryl had always been “the …
Auditing the Police – #SolutionsWatch
The agents of the government claim the right to audit you, right? But they’re our “public servants,” aren’t they? So surely we can audit them to make sure they are doing their job, can’t we? And if not, why not? …
The British police need guns
The public unsurprisingly jumped to conclusions when it was reported, earlier this month, that a Metropolitan Police officer had fatally shot an apparently unarmed black man. Voices from the black community and beyond have speculated that the shooting was either …
What women coppers conceal
If a woman wanted to become a police officer in the Seventies, she joined the Women’s Police Department. Run separately from the mainstream service, its main purpose was to deal with “women’s issues” such as sexual assault and domestic violence. …
Why Baltimore didn’t defund the police
In Baltimore the protests that followed the death of George Floyd felt less like an eruption and more like a mellow reprisal of events that had taken place five years earlier. The death of Freddie Gray in police custody had …
How the Netherlands became a narco state
Amsterdam
A hit squad compared to a “well-oiled murder machine”. A lawyer and journalist shot on the streets of Amsterdam. A blasé approach to killing the wrong person — there’s even slang for every accidental victim: a vergismoord. Welcome to …
The fall of Seattle
This February, Bruce Harrell, newly installed as mayor of Seattle, made it official that his city has gone into decline. “The truth is the status quo is unacceptable,” he said in his first state of the city address. “It seems …
California’s progressives are in retreat
“I’m asking myself, ‘What the hell is going on?’” said Gavin Newsom to the assembled cameras, “It looked like a third-world country.” California’s progressive governor was in his state’s largest city because of a piece of viral content: images of …
Has Sadiq Khan sacrificed women?
Six months ago, I was abruptly removed as independent Co-chair of the Mayor of London’s Violence Against Women and Girls Board, an unpaid role I’d held since 2013. For more than a year, I had been trying to get an …
Justin Trudeau’s phoney dictatorship
When Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers to quell protests against mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations this week, it was another sign that for Western liberal democracy, business as usual is over. This is the first time Canada’s Emergencies Act has ever been …
Inside the Tory trans civil war
During Lisa Townsend’s campaign to become Surrey’s Police and Crime Commissioner last year, the subject that most frequently came up on the doorstep wasn’t gang crime, burglaries, or car theft. It was Stonewall, and the lobby group’s influence on policing …
The Provision of Covid Marshalls
Hertfordshire County Council will be looking for a provider to supply 60 COVID Marshals to 10 districts throughout the County. Our vision for our COVID Marshal programme is to continue the service delivery to the residents of Hertfordshire from 1st …
COPS GONE WILD: Smashing Windows, Cutting Off Water, Bulldozing Homes… For Your Safety!
Source: COPS GONE WILD: Smashing Windows, Cutting Off Water, Bulldozing Homes… For Your Safety!…
The New Normal
Police brutality at its finest
Violence is NEVER OK!
– Detective Sergeant G O’Donnell (woman making the arrest)
– Detective Constable H Kim
– Scott Willis
– Senior Constable J Maruri
– Sergeant S Davey
You should all be ashamed!…
