On Saturday 1 May, thousands of people demonstrated against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSCB) in at least 39 cities across the UK. The national day of action against the PCSCB was the […]
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‘One of the most brutal things I’ve ever seen.’ Eyewitness accounts of police violence in Bristol.
On 23 March, people peacefully gathered on College Green in Bristol in the latest #KillTheBill protest. This ended in what protesters called “brutal” violence when riot police using police dogs and horses moved in on […]
Establishment and press reaction to the events in Bristol are a brief lesson in counterinsurgency
Photos and videos of Bristol’s ‘Kill the Bill’ demo caused immediate waves in both news and social media. The city erupted into street confrontations between police and the public, with spectacular images of a burning […]