Police corruption

Anti-cop posters pop up across London bus stops

Anti-cop posters pop up across London bus stops

The high-profile cases of police brutality across the US and UK has prompted a wave of protests in recent weeks. However, in London recently, those demonstrations have taken on a whole new dimension. Anti-police brutality posters have appeared at bus stops all over the city last week, condemning the police force for the way they target individuals suspected of possessing[Read More…]

The fallout from the World Cup: Destruction of the Amazon

The fallout from the World Cup: Destruction of the Amazon

In June, the Akashic Times documented the widespread slaying of predominantly black and impoverished Brazilians in the run-up to the World Cup by the country’s police forces. This was part of an ethnic cleansing campaign by the Brazilian government which ordered authorities to forcibly evict thousands of people from their homes. Without warning, police moved into the already disadvantaged areas,[Read More…]

Downs teenager Abdul Al-Faisal was arrested after trying to retrieve his favourite cap

Officers abuse disabled men

Police officers who killed a man with Down’s Syndrome who would not leave a movie, have not been indicted, it has been revealed. After appearing in front of a grand jury in Frederick County, Maryland, officers Lt. Scott Jewell, Sgt. Rich Rochford and Deputy First Class James Harris, who were involved in the death of Robert Ethan Saylor, 26, will[Read More…]

Police state in the West: The ugly face of police brutality

Police state in the West: The ugly face of police brutality

Over the last few weeks, police brutality has taken the spotlight in US, after yet another unarmed black man was gunned down on the streets of America. Of course, the police justified it in the way they always do, and claimed that Michael Brown – the man who was gunned down – was a criminal who had just robbed a[Read More…]

A national disgrace: The scourge of high profile paedophile rings

A national disgrace: The scourge of high profile paedophile rings

It has recently been confirmed that police have arrested a 67 year old man with links to Downing Street. The suspect was arrested in Dorset, on suspicion of historical child abuse following an investigation into claims of a paedophile ring with links to the top levels of government. So far the police have refused to name this suspect, who was[Read More…]