School walkouts, police crackdown as St Louis rebellion continues
Submitted by Mike Harman on Sep 18 2017 20:18
Hundreds of school students walked out of school this morning as police continued to crack down on street protests against the non-guilty verdict for killer cop Jason Stockley.
Two days of protests in St Louis after Jason Stockley verdict
Submitted by Mike Harman on Sep 17 2017 09:00
St Louis has seen two nights of street protests following the not guilty verdict for police officer Jason Stockley for the killing of Anthony Lamar Smith in 2011.
Police brutality leads to pro-migrant march in Rome
Submitted by Cipo Fraioli on Aug 28 2017 22:31
After a refugee eviction in Rome ended with shocking scenes of police violence, migrants and their supporters took to the streets.
Brutal police tactics lead to several injured at protests against nuclear waste landfill in Bure
Submitted by oscha on Aug 22 2017 12:06
On August 15th, several people protesting the project of nuclear waste landfill were seriously injured by police. Activists denounce a new level in police repression and detailed previous acts of violence.
Police out of Pride! 5 arrested at Glasgow Pride as Police Scotland lead the parade
Submitted by Ramona on Aug 21 2017 21:59
Five LGBT+ activists have been arrested after protesting police involvement in Glasgow Pride.
16th August 1848 - the last attempted armed rising on English soil?
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 16 2017 09:37
A short history of the attempted armed uprising of Chartists at Seven Dials in London, which was foiled by police.
The Hilo massacre, 1938
Submitted by Steven. on Aug 1 2017 11:47
Detailed history of the Hilo massacre, Hawaii's Bloody Monday, when police opened fire at a crowd of unarmed striking longshoremen, injuring 50, written by William J. Puette in 1988.
Rioting or Protesting? Losing It or Finding It?
Reflections on the 1975 Chapeltown riot by Max Farrar. The author was arrested for threatening behaviour, assaulting a policeman, incitement to riot and affray, although acquitted after a six week trial.
From Oldham to Bradford: the violence of the violated
From April to July 2001, the northern English towns of Oldham, Burnley and Bradford saw violent confrontations between young Asians and the police, culminating in the clashes of 7-9 July in Bradford in which 200 police officers were injured.
The Northern ‘race riots’ of the summer of 2001 – were they riots, were they racial?
Max Farrar's draft study of the 2001 riots in Harehills, Leeds is one of very few serious examinations of the wave of riots that broke out across the North of the UK in 2001.
