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We know police forces around the world share tactics for policing protests, so we asked protesters in seven countries to share strategies for defending themselves. https://novaramedia.com/2021/04/09/police-brutality-how-protesters-resist-state-violence-around-the-world/
@RivkahBrown spent weeks researching this long read on police strategy in Bristol. A force known as relatively progressive has come to epitomise the extreme response to the #KillThBill movement. For some, itâs a shock. For others, itâs business as usual. https://novaramedia.com/2021/05/01/what-happened-to-the-bristol-police/
With nine out of 10 crime reports going nowhere, itâs clear the police arenât particularly good at solving crime - no matter what Netflix might have you believe. Â
@aaronbastani analysed the data to show that the police are essentially useless. https://novaramedia.com/2021/04/29/do-the-police-actually-solve-crime/
@aaronbastani analysed the data to show that the police are essentially useless. https://novaramedia.com/2021/04/29/do-the-police-actually-solve-crime/
Who dreamt up the police bill? The police, of course.
@samjknights on how the police bill is the result of years of lobbying by the police, helped by an authoritarian state, rightwing press and pliant opposition.
#KillTheBill https://novaramedia.com/2021/03/25/who-dreamt-up-the-police-bill-the-police-of-course/
@samjknights on how the police bill is the result of years of lobbying by the police, helped by an authoritarian state, rightwing press and pliant opposition.
#KillTheBill https://novaramedia.com/2021/03/25/who-dreamt-up-the-police-bill-the-police-of-course/
Still relevant: @RivkahBrown on the role played by the police and state in Sarah Everard's murder. https://novaramedia.com/2021/03/11/whether-or-not-a-cop-killed-sarah-everard-the-police-are-complicit-in-what-happened-to-her/
So how do we defund the police in the UK?
@tomgk90 and Koshka Duff explain how activists can formulate demands drawing on the long-standing abolitionist campaigns and traditions of resistance that already exist in Britain. https://novaramedia.com/2020/06/13/would-defund-the-police-work-in-the-uk/
@tomgk90 and Koshka Duff explain how activists can formulate demands drawing on the long-standing abolitionist campaigns and traditions of resistance that already exist in Britain. https://novaramedia.com/2020/06/13/would-defund-the-police-work-in-the-uk/
And finally, absolutely essential listening.
What exactly are the police for? Did they always exist?
Mark Neocleous joins @piercepenniless to unravel the knot of police power, sovereignty and social order. https://soundcloud.com/novaramedia/novarafm-a-plague-of-blue-locusts-on-police-power
What exactly are the police for? Did they always exist?
Mark Neocleous joins @piercepenniless to unravel the knot of police power, sovereignty and social order. https://soundcloud.com/novaramedia/novarafm-a-plague-of-blue-locusts-on-police-power
