Today at the Undercover Policing Inquiry - evidence from Alex Owolade, targeted by #spycops for being an anti-racist activist with Movement for Justice. He's caused a stir already, highlighting fundamental flaws with the process of the Inquiry. Tom is joined by Kate Wilson from Police Spies Out of Lives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHxJNxYyAkg

#undercoverpolicinginquiry #ucpi #police #policing #undercover #undercoverpolice #undercoverpolicing #activism #cointel #corruption #spy #spying #animalrights

Today at the Undercover Policing Inquiry - evidence from Alex Owolade, targeted by #spycops for being an anti-racist activist with Movement for Justice. He's caused a stir already, highlighting fundamental flaws with the process of the Inquiry. Tom is joined by Kate Wilson from Police Spies Out of Lives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHxJNxYyAkg

#undercoverpolicinginquiry #ucpi #police #policing #undercover #undercoverpolice #undercoverpolicing #activism #cointel #corruption #spy #spying #animalrights

The unchecked roll-out of facial recognition in the UK makes us suspects for simply leaving the house.

“We urgently need Parliament to legislate for the use of this intrusive technology to ensure that there is proper transparency and oversight.”

🗣️ Sara Chitseko, ORG Programme Manager.

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/facial-recognition-vans-rolled-out-seven-more-police-forces

#facialrecognition #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #police #policing #digitalrights

The unchecked roll-out of facial recognition in the UK makes us suspects for simply leaving the house.

“We urgently need Parliament to legislate for the use of this intrusive technology to ensure that there is proper transparency and oversight.”

🗣️ Sara Chitseko, ORG Programme Manager.

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/facial-recognition-vans-rolled-out-seven-more-police-forces

#facialrecognition #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #police #policing #digitalrights

From the internal MetPol review:

"Anti-black outcomes in policing are not random. They have been built in. And they have been named, again and again, by families in grief, frontline officers, unions, activists, whistleblowers, campaigners, and formal investigations.”

#MetPol #Racism #Policing

Met police’s culture makes racial harm ‘inevitable’, internal review finds | Metropolitan police | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/07/met-polices-culture-makes-racial-harm-inevitable-internal-review-finds

Europe’s police want AI to fight crime. They say red tape stands in the way. https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-police-europol-want-ai-fight-crime-red-tape-stands-way/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CybersecurityandDataProtection #ArtificialIntelligence #Dataprotection #Lawenforcement #Surveillance #Encryption #Innovation #Regulation #Technology #Technology #Policing #Security #Privacy #Rights #Data

"Force and coercive tactics are more likely to be used against black people than white people. The report says that “stop and search converts streets into checkpoints” and that the Met treats “blackness itself as probable cause”."

#MetPol #Racism #Policing

From the internal MetPol review:

"Anti-black outcomes in policing are not random. They have been built in. And they have been named, again and again, by families in grief, frontline officers, unions, activists, whistleblowers, campaigners, and formal investigations.”

#MetPol #Racism #Policing

Met police’s culture makes racial harm ‘inevitable’, internal review finds | Metropolitan police | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/07/met-polices-culture-makes-racial-harm-inevitable-internal-review-finds

Europe’s police want AI to fight crime. They say red tape stands in the way. https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-police-europol-want-ai-fight-crime-red-tape-stands-way/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CybersecurityandDataProtection #ArtificialIntelligence #Dataprotection #Lawenforcement #Surveillance #Encryption #Innovation #Regulation #Technology #Technology #Policing #Security #Privacy #Rights #Data

Quick summary from yesterday at the #spycops public inquiry - the undercover cop who spied on Stephen Lawrence’s family won’t appear at the inquiry. 🧵

https://youtube.com/shorts/EA5F63Pq0DE

#undercoverpolicinginquiry #ucpi #police #policing #undercover #undercoverpolice #undercoverpolicing #activism #cointel #corruption #spy #spying #racism #blm #blacklivesmatter

Quick summary from yesterday at the #spycops public inquiry - the undercover cop who spied on Stephen Lawrence’s family won’t appear at the inquiry. 🧵

https://youtube.com/shorts/EA5F63Pq0DE

#undercoverpolicinginquiry #ucpi #police #policing #undercover #undercoverpolice #undercoverpolicing #activism #cointel #corruption #spy #spying #racism #blm #blacklivesmatter

I know I'm probably real late to all this compared to Fedi standards but gosh why did I not read this earlier?

I highly recommend #TheEndOfPolicing to everyone.

It should be standard reading in school and I guess someone knowledgeable should write a European version?

#policing #authoritarianism

BBC: Why BBC sent undercover reporter into a busy London police station

"... For the next seven months, Rory was employed as a designated detention officer at London's Charing Cross police station. He was also secretly working for Panorama, capturing shocking video evidence of misogyny, racism and officers revelling in the use of force...."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgn0rjyn2jo

#policing

BBC: Why BBC sent undercover reporter into a busy London police station

"... For the next seven months, Rory was employed as a designated detention officer at London's Charing Cross police station. He was also secretly working for Panorama, capturing shocking video evidence of misogyny, racism and officers revelling in the use of force...."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgn0rjyn2jo

#policing

“9 arrests for violent #fascists attacking police – 900 for grannies and disabled people holding placards”

by Skwawkbox @span skwawkbox @span palestine
@span israel @span yemen @span lebanon
@span UKLabour

“[..] there has been not so much as a whisper from the #Starmer #regime about #proscribing the far-right thugs on show today, in Southport and around buildings sheltering helpless #refugees”

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/09/13/unite-the-kingdom/

#Press #UK #London#UniteTheKingdom#Policing#FarRight

“9 arrests for violent #fascists attacking police – 900 for grannies and disabled people holding placards”

by Skwawkbox @span skwawkbox @span palestine
@span israel @span yemen @span lebanon
@span UKLabour

“[..] there has been not so much as a whisper from the #Starmer #regime about #proscribing the far-right thugs on show today, in Southport and around buildings sheltering helpless #refugees”

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/09/13/unite-the-kingdom/

#Press #UK #London#UniteTheKingdom#Policing#FarRight