Fitwatchers brutalised by cops using unnecessarily violent restraint procedures

June 21, 2009 18:36 | news, repression |

… and lying about it! 21st June ’09 and the Guardian reports on the arrest of Fitwatchers at last year’s Climate Camp at Kingsnorth in Kent after they had questioned the police about failure to display badge numbers. Both Swain and Apple were pinned to the ground in restraint positions for around 15 minutes. Apple [...]

Watching police misbehave

April 19, 2009 21:20 | Info |

Interesting article, with some very sound advice, found on Indymedia… Who watches the watchers? Why not you?! Let’s start with a quotation: “There’s only one motive for a police officer disguising his identity and that’s because he thinks he’s going to be doing something reprehensible.” – Chris Huhne, the Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, said [...]