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Police go back to covering up their identifying shoulder numbers: PHOTOS

Notice anything odd about this police officer? He caught my attention because he had covered up his identifying numbers with what appeared to be black tape. As you can clearly see they are not visible. When I asked him why I was repeatedly met with a stony silence. After Ian Tomlinson was attacked by a [...]

Posted Under: Police,Uncategorized
This post was written by Reuben Bard-Rosenberg on November 30, 2010 Comments (19)

Sticks, Stones and Statistics

Reports emerged yesterday that a heavily bleeding woman was prevented from leaving April’s G20 protests after being violently pushed back by police officers with shields. It is the latest in a string of reports of serious police misconduct and brutality on the demonstration which saw newspaper vendor Ian Tomlinson die after he was struck by [...]

Posted Under: Democracy,Police,Protest
This post was written by Salman Shaheen on August 7, 2009 Comments (3)