what do we call this, policewashing? (the phenom, not the article, which I was glad to see)
https://therealnews.com/us-media-defend-police-departments-from-liberal-backlash-against-ice
what do we call this, policewashing? (the phenom, not the article, which I was glad to see)
https://therealnews.com/us-media-defend-police-departments-from-liberal-backlash-against-ice
Just out - our long-read report on #spycops officer James Thomson's appearance at the Undercover Policing Inquiry. He not only deceived women into relationships, he deceived his bosses too. They realised he was fiddling expenses & defying orders, yet he wasn't sacked, just moved to VIP protection duties.
#undercoverpolicinginquiry #ucpi #undercover #police #policing #undercoverpolice #undercoverpolicing #spy #spying
Just out - our long-read report on #spycops officer James Thomson's appearance at the Undercover Policing Inquiry. He not only deceived women into relationships, he deceived his bosses too. They realised he was fiddling expenses & defying orders, yet he wasn't sacked, just moved to VIP protection duties.
#undercoverpolicinginquiry #ucpi #undercover #police #policing #undercoverpolice #undercoverpolicing #spy #spying
"Liberty described the expansion of #FacialRecognition as “one of the most significant threats to #CivilLiberties in the history of British #policing.” The white paper institutionalises this infrastructure, transforming extraordinary #surveillance measures into a permanent feature of everyday policing."
" #Labour's whitepaper outlines a qualitative restructuring of the repressive apparatus of the capitalist state, aimed at centralising command, expanding #surveillance, and enhancing the capacity to suppress social and political opposition. Far from a technocratic reform, it constitutes a strategic preparation for intensified state repression against an emerging movement of the working class."
"Liberty described the expansion of #FacialRecognition as “one of the most significant threats to #CivilLiberties in the history of British #policing.” The white paper institutionalises this infrastructure, transforming extraordinary #surveillance measures into a permanent feature of everyday policing."
404 Media: Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock
Jan 27, 2026 at 9:26 AM
The documents show law enforcement sees themselves as being consistently and universally under threat from the people it is supposed to protect.
https://www.404media.co/police-told-to-be-as-vague-as-permissible-about-why-they-use-flock/
404 Media: Police Told to Be ‘as Vague as Permissible’ About Why They Use Flock
Jan 27, 2026 at 9:26 AM
The documents show law enforcement sees themselves as being consistently and universally under threat from the people it is supposed to protect.
https://www.404media.co/police-told-to-be-as-vague-as-permissible-about-why-they-use-flock/
So it looks like the government is announcing a National Police Service. Again.
It's one of those ideas that seems perfect from the outside, but yet we never seem to be able to get right.
It got my brain whirring, so I wrote up some reflections.
So it looks like the government is announcing a National Police Service. Again.
It's one of those ideas that seems perfect from the outside, but yet we never seem to be able to get right.
It got my brain whirring, so I wrote up some reflections.
"Every police officer in England and Wales will be required to hold a licence to be able to continue working, the Home Office has said. They will have to prove they have the right skills in issues such as tackling violence against women and girls or face being removed from their job, under the terms of a phased scheme similar to ones for lawyers or doctors. "
weird... I just went searching for a news story featuring Minneapolis Fraternal Order of Police's statement after ICE killed Good, in which they say they support ICE, to link here
it popped up right away on rightwing news sites. i didn't dig a lot but it appears more mainstream media is... just ignoring...?
anyway don't take my word for it, this is Mpls FOP in their own words (my screenshot, found on their FB page)
Facial recognition not only harms people right now, but feeds into’ crime-predicting’ tech that turbo charges existing bias.
Sign our petition to ban Predictive Policing in the UK to push back on this dystopian vision of a fully monitored Pre-Crime future.
Act now ⬇️
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ban-crime-predicting-police-tech
#facialrecognition #surveillance #policing #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #precrime #bancrimepredictingtech #safetynotsurveillance #predictivepolicing
