Police

Activism

Anti-police protestors storm London Pride parade

Queer activist group Lesbians and Gays support the Migrants staged a die-in at the Pride in London parade to protest the inclusion of police in the march.

Written by: Ben Smoke

Activism

Immigration raids are being carried out with impunity

Exclusive investigation — In the years between 2017 and 2021, almost all immigration raids were conducted without a warrant a new Huck investigation has found.

Written by: Jack Barton

Activism

Protestors resist police brutality in Dalston

Cops out — Over the weekend, London locals came together to resist a pre-planned police raid targeting delivery drivers.

Written by: Ben Smoke

Activism

Why the Tories want to rip up our human rights

Power grab — The government is scrapping the Human Rights Act in a move that will hit marginalised people hardest.

Written by: Martha Spurrier

Activism

In New Cross, an immigration raid shows ‘cruelty‘ of police

No one is illegal — The police response to an attempted intervention in an immigration raid in South East London has been labelled ‘brutality’ by campaigners.

Written by: Ben Smoke

Activism

The technology police are using to target minorities

Surveillance state — FoIs obtained by Huck reveal a sharp increase in police fingerprint scanners, with Black and minority ethnic communities more likely to be scanned than their white counterparts.

Written by: Jack Barton

Activism

Protestors set off rape alarms at a London police station

Sisters united — To mark a year since the murder of Sarah Everard, grassroots group Sisters Uncut organised a protest for the public to ‘withdraw their consent from British policing’.

Written by: Ben Smoke

Culture

The Met Police is corrupt, violent and rotten to its core

Sisters Uncut on IWD — This International Women’s Day, Sisters Uncut are calling on people to imagine a future without police, and one that centres survivors.

Written by: Debbie Summers

Activism

‘Anonymous police accounts’ are inciting Twitter pile-ons

Institutionally corrupt — Twitter users claiming to be police officers have been responsible for launching sustained attacks on other accounts. After experiencing this abuse firsthand, journalist Rebecca Tidy uncovers the scale of the problem.

Written by: Rebecca Tidy

Activism

The IOPC report shows it‘s time to abolish the police

ACAB — A damning report from the police watchdog has shed light on the culture of bullying, racism and misogyny within the Met. It should make clear that the police are beyond reform, argues Ben Smoke.

Written by: Ben Smoke

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