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#SpycopsInquiry: a short thread
There's a lot going on right now, but please pay some attention to the Undercover Policing Inquiry opening today, the inquiry into one of the most grievous and important human rights scandals of our time https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54753627
There's a lot going on right now, but please pay some attention to the Undercover Policing Inquiry opening today, the inquiry into one of the most grievous and important human rights scandals of our time https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54753627
If you don't know about the #spycops story, this by @robevansgdn and @PaulLewis tells it well: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/28/secrets-and-lies-untangling-the-uk-spy-cops-scandal
Undercover police (the #spycops) infiltated & disrupted the anti-racist movement for decades, including targeting families fighting for justice to many of Britain's victims of police violence and judicial miscarriage, such as Ricky Reel and Joy Gardner https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/28/police-spying-inquiry-examine-targeting-black-justice-groups
This is personal for me as I worked with and trusted some of these men. I was detained by cops at a demo alongside one, who then spent hours inside the police station after the rest of us were freed. We thought he was being harassed, but he was telling his colleagues our stories.
but this is just a tiny taste of the way in which many activists - especially women - had lives ruined by them. Read some of the harrowing stories by the brave women who have testified here: https://policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/our-stories/ from @out_of_lives
The amazing people at @UndercoverNet have painstakingly documented dozens of these cases. Read their work here: https://undercoverresearch.net/
Some other accounts you should follow to keep track of the #SpycopsInquiry: @copscampaign
@rachel787878 @helensteel12 @out_of_lives @bristolnoborder @DaveBlacklist @tombfowler @ARspycatcher @fruitbatmania @JustLisa2010 @justice4reel
@rachel787878 @helensteel12 @out_of_lives @bristolnoborder @DaveBlacklist @tombfowler @ARspycatcher @fruitbatmania @JustLisa2010 @justice4reel
Catching up on the #SpyCopsInquiry:
2nd November: police barrister refused to clarify if undercover policing is still being used against protest groups https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/03/met-police-told-to-reveal-if-spies-still-used-in-political-groups
2nd November: police barrister refused to clarify if undercover policing is still being used against protest groups https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/03/met-police-told-to-reveal-if-spies-still-used-in-political-groups
4th November: the harrowing stories whose lives were ruined by #spycops
Read in full here: https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201023-Opening_Statement-Cat_M_CPs-Hickman_Rose.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/04/ex-wives-undercover-police-inquiry-marriages-based-lies
Read in full here: https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201023-Opening_Statement-Cat_M_CPs-Hickman_Rose.pdf https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/04/ex-wives-undercover-police-inquiry-marriages-based-lies
10 November: Doreen Lawrence’s testimony on police and judicial failures in the wake of the undercover infiltration of the Lawrence family campaign https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/10/doreen-and-neville-lawrence-castigate-police-spying-inquiry #SpyCopsInquiry
11 November: #SpyCopsInquiry is the most secret public inquiry ever. On the myriad barriers put in place that stop the police from being held up to account: https://twitter.com/BBCDomC/status/1326478268682235905
Today’s #SpyCopsInquiry hearing relates to infiltration of protests against the Vietnam war. Here’s a classic from one of the officers testifying: https://twitter.com/rachel787878/status/1326845267711303680
The scale of surveillance of the anti-racist movement is staggering: https://twitter.com/copwatcher/status/1326851105196740608
Taking opportunity of a late lunch break to catch up on the #SpyCopsInquiry via the brilliant briefings by @copscampaign. Up to 13/11. http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2020/11/15/ucpi-weekly-report-2-9-13-november-2020/
In a time of renewed moral panic about BLM & antifa “violence”, this is a really pertinent point about state violence:
In a time of renewed moral panic about BLM & antifa “violence”, this is a really pertinent point about state violence:
#SpycopsInquiry 16/11 http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2020/11/16/ucpi-daily-report-16-nov-2020/
The reports by the police spies is characterised by constant casual racism and sexism. Here’s an example from a surveillance report on an anti-apartheid group:
The reports by the police spies is characterised by constant casual racism and sexism. Here’s an example from a surveillance report on an anti-apartheid group:
17/11 at the #SpycopsInquiry especially important for @DaveBlacklist’s delayed testimony about the passing of police data on trade Union activists (especially in construction) to employers who then blacklisted them, denying them livelihood. http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2020/11/17/ucpi-daily-report-17-nov-2020/
And @DaveBlacklist’s testimony also turns attention to the policing of anti-fascism. In the 1990s, while far right violence was surging, the police invested massive energy into disrupting anti-fascist organising, destroying several lives in the process. http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2020/11/17/ucpi-daily-report-17-nov-2020/
I’m resuming this thread today as the Undercover Policing Inquiry re-opens. https://twitter.com/bobfrombrockley/status/1384772546088751108
The current phase of the @ucpinquiry focuses on the 1970s-1980s.
21/04: Excellent live tweeting of the #SpyCopsInquiry by @copscampaign in the thread here: https://twitter.com/copscampaign/status/1384794343681183746
21/04: Excellent live tweeting of the #SpyCopsInquiry by @copscampaign in the thread here: https://twitter.com/copscampaign/status/1384794343681183746
