“A policeman who was filmed striking a woman on the legs during the G20 protests will appear in court next month charged with assault.”
The Times, 29th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Eleven anti-hunt protesters have been given a total of £38,300 in damages from Derbyshire Police.”
BBC News, 8th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A fathers’ rights activist who handcuffed himself to a government minister during an eight-year campaign has won equal access to his daughter.”
BBC News, 3rd September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Police must make immediate changes to the way they control public protests, a watchdog said today.”
The Independent, 6th August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Prosecutors have been asked to consider whether the Metropolitan police officer who attacked Ian Tomlinson at the G20 demonstration should be charged with manslaughter.”
The Guardian, 4th August 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prosecutors have been handed a file of evidence about the death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests in London in April.”
BBC News, 4th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Metropolitan police’s controversial tactic of containing large numbers of protesters against their will, known as ‘kettling’, will be challenged in a case lodged tomorrow with the European Court of Human Rights that claims the practice is a fundamental breach of liberty.”
The Guardian, 19th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Denis O’Connor, said senior officers were too focused on dealing with disorder, and not enough on allowing peaceful protest.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An official inquiry into the way the G20 demonstrations were policed is expected to call for urgent reform today, amid concerns that police are failing in their duty to facilitate lawful protest. ”
The Guardian, 7th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Metropolitan police officer being investigated for an assault on Ian Tomlinson before he died had a chequered history which should have barred him from the force, it has emerged.”
The Observer, 5th July 2007
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk
“Inexperienced and inadequately trained police officers were pitched into the middle of the ‘highly combustible’ G20 protests in London, according to a highly critical report published today.”
The Times, 29th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The report on the controversial death of the anti-racist campaigner Blair Peach should finally be published more than 30 years after he died in a demonstration in west London. The commissioner of the Metropolitan police, Sir Paul Stephenson, agreed today that it should be made public after an unanimous call to do so by the Metropolitan Police Authority.”
The Guardian, 25th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A secret report into the suspected police killing of an anti-racism campaigner 30 years ago must be published, Sir Paul Stephenson said today.”
The Independent, 25th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two female protesters who challenged police officers for not displaying their badge numbers were bundled to the ground, arrested and held in prison for four days, according to an official complaint lodged today.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A campaign group has called on the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson to publish a report into the death of a protester in 1979.”
BBC News, 14th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Metropolitan police sergeant who was filmed slapping a female protester at the G20 protests is under investigation for allegedly assaulting a second woman, the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 11th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Police surveillance tactics were dealt a blow by appeal judges today with a ruling that photographs taken of peaceful protesters campaigning against the arms trade must be destroyed.”
The Times, 21st May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Solicitors representing G20 protesters are warning the Metropolitan Police they may seek a judicial review of the tactics used at the summit.”
BBC News, 18th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lawyers representing climate change protesters who were arrested in parliament last week are to mount a legal challenge against bail conditions that were imposed, they say, to ‘stifle’ future protest by their clients.”
The Guardian, 3rd May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A fourth complaint against police officers in London’s G20 protests is being investigated, the Independent Police Complaints Commission has said.”
BBC News, 30th April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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