What?:
The recent media attention on
the police actions during the G20 protests has launched a mainstream de
bate whether police tactics and actions around protest are out of contro
l.
However\, for many\, police violence during those protests
didn&rsquo\;t come as a surprise - it is merely business as usual. Mem
bers of ethnic minorities and\, more generally\, the poorest sectors of
society\, as well as long-term political activists can give testimony of
systematic police abuses that are normally never reported.
T
his Activist Forum will hear from members of FitWatch\, United Families
and Friends Campaign and the United Campaign Against Police Violence\, a
nd invite all participants to share their experiences of police violence
and unaccountability: from the repression and harassment of legitimate
protesters to a seemingly unquestioned licence to kill\, as in the cases
of Ian Tomlinson\, Jean Charles de Menezes\, and many others.
Join us for discussion and to find concrete ways to counteract police
repression of our rights and freedoms.
Links:
http://fitwatch.blogspot.com/
http://www.inquest.org.uk/cam
paign
http:/
/www.againstpoliceviolence.org.uk/
http://www.radicalactivist.net
Out of control or business as usual?
Holding the
police to account.
May Activist Forum
When?: Monday 11th May\, 7 pm
Where?: The
studio at 22 Betterton Street\, London WC2