Excessive Force – policing in Britain

February 24, 2010 19:00

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Excessive Force

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Last Hours Collective present:
‘Excessive Force – policing in Britain’
Wednesday 24th February - 7pm to 8.30pm
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The Last Hours Collective alongside friends from FITWatch, and the LDMG, will introduce their graphic anthology ‘Excessive Force’, dealing with police brutality, and will be discussing the state of policing in the UK today.
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The Last Hours publishing and politics collective present their latest offering, ‘Excessive Force’, a ‘comix’ anthology by eighteen different artists, - as well as articles by three authors - dealing with the issue of police brutality. Some of the short strips are drawn from imagined events, whilst others are based on real-life experience, including Edd Baldry’s account of the 2009 G20 protests, and the subsequent death of Ian Tomlinson.

The event will feature an extended discussion by members of Last Hours, FITWatch, and the LDMG (Legal Defence and Monitoring Group) on the current policing situation in the UK, how it has changed over the years, and how to best to respond to it. There will also be an opportunity to have books signed by contributing artists.
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