Police Brutality

Police Officers Caught Deleting Body-Worn Camera Footage

Police Officers Caught Deleting Body-Worn Camera Footage

A BBC investigation has unveiled a disturbing pattern of police officers in England and Wales misusing their body-worn cameras, it has been revealed. The two-year investigation has sparked questions about transparency, accountability, and the need for immediate reforms within law enforcement agencies. The investigation has identified over 150 reports of misuse, with allegations ranging from officers switching off their cameras[Read More…]

Woman Claims She Was Raped in Custody. Police Say They Lost The Camera Footage

Woman Claims She Was Raped in Custody. Police Say They Lost The Camera Footage

A woman, who was carried into a police cell unconscious and handcuffed has spoken of a series of disturbing events that she says occurred while she was in custody. The woman, identified as Zayna Iman, 38, claims she was drugged and sexually assaulted during her detention by Greater Manchester Police (GMP), a case marked by baffling discrepancies. Upon arrival, she[Read More…]

Sarah Everard, 33  vanished as she walked home in Clapham, south London, on 3 March

Aggressive Police Protest Response Brings Fresh Scrutiny to Police Crime Bill

The heavy-handed police response to protestors who held a vigil for 33-year-old marketing executive Sarah Everard has sparked a national debate over the Police, Crime, Sentencing, and Courts Bill, (also sometimes referred to as the Crime Bill or Police Crime Bill). The Bill places further limitations over the right to protest and peaceful vigils. Following the police response to vigils[Read More…]

US border control agents accused of sexually assaulting and beating migrant children

US border control agents accused of sexually assaulting and beating migrant children

US border control has been accused of kicking and punching migrant children and threatening them with sexual assault. Migrant children under the care of United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were allegedly beaten, threatened with sexual violence and repeatedly assaulted while in custody between 2009 and 2014, according to a report released Wednesday from the American Civil Liberties Union[Read More…]

French police accused of systematic violence against refugees

French police accused of systematic violence against refugees

French police have been accused of more than 1,000 human rights violations against refugees, it has been reported. Four humanitarian organisations published a report called ‘Police Violence in Calais: Abusive and Illegal Practices by Law Enforcement officers’, says that 972 incidents were recorded over the space of a year by aid workers who formed a human rights monitoring team. One[Read More…]