This week has seen a raft of draconian law & order policies floated by the government and police representatives.
Britannia chained: The assault on our rights has begun
Tag: Carl Spender
Legal: Can I hide my face from facial recognition cameras?
Last Friday the Metropolitan police announced they would begin operational deployment of live facial recognition cameras.
The eviction of New Hope anti-fracking camp shows the blurry line between policing and private security
In case you missed it: early this morning, a mob of dog-wielding bailiffs stormed the Camp of New Hope at Preston New Road, evicting frontline anti…
Want to annoy the cops? Then bung a few quid at Netpol
The Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) turned 10 this week and, instead of presents, they’re asking for cash.
Legal: The Tories want to give the police more power to evict and arrest trespassers on land
It is with absolutely no pleasure that we report that Britain’s poundshop Duterte, Priti Patel, is well and truly at it again.
A PSA to XR activists: If you want to keep protesting the climate crisis, you need to smarten the fuck up
In case you missed it: on Saturday, the Met’s Territorial Support Group (aka the riot squad) raided an XR warehouse in South London, confiscating…
Legal: Was Roger Hallam ‘pre-emptively’ arrested?
In case you missed it: Roger Hallam, one of the co-founders of Extinction Rebellion, has been ‘pre-emptively’ arrested the day before he – an…
Legal: Mobile fingerprinting – your rights and their wrongs
Going on protests can often be a legal minefield, which is why you need to know your stuff when you go on them.
Legal: What are my rights if I’m stopped or raided on immigration grounds?
This is the first part of a series covering the rights of migrants and the legal limits of state power.
Legal: The police have asked me to attend a voluntary interview. Should I go?
Word has reached us here at ACAB‘s top secret HQ that the Met are cordially inviting some of the folks they arrested during XR’s big Lo…
Legal: No, the police didn’t fine a man for hiding his face from a facial recognition camera
You’ve probably seen the headline: “Police fine man for hiding his face from facial recognition camera”.
Recent Articles
Starmer’s downfall – long time coming yet inevitable
The outgoing PM is a textbook example of a public figure who jettisoned principles in the search for power ~ Paul Gravett ~ The revolving door of U…
EU votes to speed up deportations
Removal of undocumented people becomes easier as far-right international continues to rise ~ Blade Runner ~ An alliance of centre-right and far-rig…
Notes from the US: Sadistic idiocy
MAGA apologists square multiple circles just in order to ‘live with themselves’ ~ Louis Further ~ A new study by members of the School …
Dissident Russian artist murdered in Poland
Assassination of Semyon Skrepetsky is a threatening message to the entire Russian opposition in Europe ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Bashkir artist Semyon Skr…
Lament for a lost revolution
A century since the General Strike of 1926 ~ punkacademic ~ In the opening week of May 1926, Britain had its first, last, and only General Strike.
