Police asked to review firearm application processes, as minute’s silence to be held in PlymouthApplicants for permission to own a firearm or shotgun will be subject to social media checks after the Plymouth mass shooting, ministers have said.Questions…
‘‘Shooting has broken our hearts,’ says shattered Plymouth as city mourns its children’s innocence
Keyham’s tight-knit community says the government has ‘big questions’ to answer about gun controlFive-year-old Evie-Rae left her grandmother Terri’s side and carefully placed a pink candle and a teddy bear on the growing pile of tributes at the foot of…
Plymouth shooting: police urged to take misogyny more seriously
Gunman who killed five regularly expressed hatred of women but had firearms licence reinstated in JulyFlags at half mast in Plymouth with city still in shock from shootingPolice must start taking misogyny more seriously in order to prevent more tragedi…
If we really value our freedom, repealing Covid police powers won’t be enough | Owen Jones
From voter ID rules to restrictions on protest, repressive measures are on the UK government’s post-pandemic agendaAs a bewildered country blinks in the tentative daylight of freedom, after nearly a year and a half of unprecedented restrictions, a wide…
Ten years after the English riots, the government is still in denial about racism | Chloe Peacock
As in 2011, anti-racist protests are being criminalised – while nothing is done to address injustices for black communities Last week marked a decade since an undercover Metropolitan police officer, known only by his codename V53, shot and killed Mark …
UK police involved in Berlin embassy spy case for ‘number of months’
Arrest of David Smith, 57, on suspicion of spying for Russia prompts calls for review of embassy contractorsBritish police have been involved in the case of a British embassy employee arrested in Germany on suspicion of spying for Russia for “a number …
Scooter theft success story
“My scooter was stolen last week. Unknown to the thief, I hid two Airtags inside it.” Dan Guido, CEO of Trail of Bits, a digital security company, documents the steps he took to get his stolen scooter back. Threadreader.
Making Photography in a Surveillance State
Last summer’s uprisings were likely the most photographed in history , with not only mainstream press in attendance, but near-every attendee equipped with their own networked camera, live-streaming and hashtagging the protests, creating layers upon lay…
A decade after Mark Duggan’s killing, police-community relations are at boiling point | Stafford Scott
Lessons have not been learned. I saw what sparked the Tottenham riots, and the same could happen againI can still recall the phone call on 4 August 2011, informing me that police officers had been involved in the shooting of an “armed gangster” who had…
Black barrister to lead independent police oversight board
Scrutiny board headed by Abimbola Johnson among initiatives that show police accept they need to changePolice chiefs hoping to pull themselves out of a race crisis have appointed a new tsar who has previously said black people fear calling on officers …