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Report says Met failed to change after de Menezes killing
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary has said that Scotland Yard has failed to carry out a series of changes it was ordered to make after disastrous blunders led its officers to kill Jean Charles de Menezes.
2 July 2009 (external article)
guardian CCTV images undermine IPCC death in custody claims
Newly obtained CCTV images have shown how Essex police officers carried an apparently bruised and limp Faisal Al-Ani into custody moments before he died, contradicting initial claims by the IPCC that he had walked into the station.
2 July 2009 (external article)
bbc news Met Commissioner says release Blair Peach report
The Commissioner of the Met police has said that the report into Blair Peach's death, at the hands of police officers in Southall in 1979, should now be released, calling for a review of the reasons why it should not be published.
25 June 2009 (external article)
aberdeen press and journal Crown criticised as race trial collapses
A sheriff has attacked the way a criminal trial was conducted by the Crown Office in Aberdeen. The case against a group of teenagers who were accused of racial conduct in a restaurant has collapsed due to poor evidence collected by the Crown.
19 June 2009 (external article)
guardian Racially-balanced statistics driving most police terror stops
Lord Carlile, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, has said that thousands of people are being wrongfully stopped and searched under anti-terror legislation in order to provide a racial balance to official statistics.
18 June 2009 (external article)
guardian Call for secret report on Met killing to be made public
Celia Stubbs, the partner of Blair Peach, who died at the hands of Met police thirty years ago in Southall, has launched a campaign calling for the release of a secret police document produced by the Met commander investigating Peach's death.
15 June 2009 (external article)
Family challenge IPCC decision
The High Court has recently turned down an application for judicial review of an Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) decision to downgrade an investigation into the death in police custody of Habib 'Paps' Ullah.
11 June 2009 (310 words)
guardian Met police torture allegations
The Independent Police Complaints Commission is investigating allegations that six Metropolitan officers from Edmonton CID tortured and assaulted three suspects, arrested in 2008 on drugs charges.
11 June 2009 (external article)
nottingham evening post Black death in Nottingham police cell
An Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation has been launched into the death of 19-year-old Reece Staples, a former Notts Forest player, who died in police custody.
9 June 2009 (external article)
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Peaceful protest punished
By Frances Webber
A culture of fear seems to be re-establishing itself at Harmondsworth immigration removal centre (IRC), where a recent report reveals that peaceful protests about detention have led to those concerned being transferred to prison.
4 June 2009 (1495 words)
guardian Essex man who died after police restraint 'covered with injuries'
The mother of Faisal Al-Ani, who died shortly after being pinned face down to the pavement by three police officers, has told an inquest that when she viewed her son's body his face was covered with injuries.
2 June 2009 (external article)
manchester evening news Parents question police investigation of son's death
The parents of Julian Webster, a 24-year-old Black man who died following a nightclub disturbance in Manchester, have expressed concerns about the police investigation into his death.
2 June 2009 (external article)
guardian Police officer cleared of deceiving Menezes inquest
A Special Branch surveillance officer has been cleared by the Independent Police Complaints Commission of 'deliberate deception', after he admitted tampering with his evidence during the inquest into the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.
27 May 2009 (external article)
channel 4 news Family's anger at 'flawed' investigation
The family of Sean Rigg, who died in police custody in August 2008, has spoken to Channel 4 News about the 'flawed' investigation into his death.
26 May 2009 (external article)
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PR and the selling of border controls
Below Jon Burnett analyses a recent Sky TV series, UK Border Force, which portrayed the work of the UK Border Agency.
21 May 2009 (4126 words)
northumberland gazette Race-hate case against Warkworth landlord dropped
Pub-owner and BNP-supporter Peter Mailer, who was arrested on suspicion of a racially-aggravated public order offence because of the display of news clippings and political paraphernalia in his bar, has had the case against him dropped by the CPS.
18 May 2009 (external article)
bbc news Government drops secret inquest plans
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has announced that the government is to drop plans to hold secret inquests without juries.
18 May 2009 (external article)
independent Many anti-terror arrests and few convictions
New figures released by the government have revealed that most of those arrested under anti-terror laws have not been convicted of any offences.
14 May 2009 (external article)
nme Committee recommends end of form 696
The Culture, Media and Sport committee has recommended that the police stop using form 696 - a risk assessment of music events which asks for the ethnicity of those attending as well as style of music. The measure has been branded racist by musicians.
14 May 2009 (external article)
glasgow herald Blunder sees police officer avoid racist charges
A police officer charged with acting in a racially-aggravated manner towards a woman in Aberdeen walked free yesterday because of a prosecution blunder.
12 May 2009 (external article)
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