The outlet’s communications team notified Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe after he managed to join the network’s conference call that this “may be a felony,” adding that they had “referred it to law enforcement.” The threat to take the matter to the authorities set off a raging debate online, as netizens-turned-lawyers …
Read More »French govt DROPS controversial bill curbing filming of police in major u-turn, new version to be written
Christophe Castaner, president of La Republique en Marche in the National Assembly, told the press on Monday that the government recognized “misunderstandings” around article 24 of the global security bill. Castaner said article 24, which prohibits the filming of on-duty police officers, of the law on comprehensive security would be …
Read More »More drones & police patrolling French beaches under new UK-France deal to curb illegal immigration
The number of French police personnel patrolling the coastal area will double, in accordance with the agreement reached on Saturday. Those officers will be using drones and radars to make their work more effective, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel announced. The deal, which comes into effect on December 1, will …
Read More »Paris protesters torch cars, set BANK on fire amid clashes over bill slammed as ‘ban on filming police brutality’ (VIDEOS)
Thousands of people rallied against the controversial bill in more than 70 French cities on Saturday, with the organizers claiming over half a million participants and authorities estimating the number at around 150,000. The daytime rallies went rather peacefully, but by early evening clashes erupted in multiple cities, including Rennes, …
Read More »60 arrests made as anti-lockdown protesters march in London, defying police warning to obey Covid-19 restrictions (VIDEOS)
Ahead of the protest, Metropolitan Police released a statement warning anyone planning to travel to King’s Cross that current lockdown measures do not permit massive crowds. “Ahead of a planned protest on Saturday, 28 November, the Met is urgently reminding those looking to attend that protest is not currently a …
Read More »F-16 pilots get up to 79 life sentences each for bombing police & parliament building in Ankara during 2016 coup attempt
The court in Ankara delivered the verdicts against 475 defendants, 365 of whom had been detained. Several former military officials and civilians individually received up to 79 life sentences for their role in the failed coup. A former brigadier general was sentenced to life in prison for providing fuel for …
Read More »Police use water cannon against protesters in Paris amid clashes over Global Security Bill (VIDEOS)
The rally, which went on amid a heightened police presence at the Trocadero Square near the Eiffel Tower, was organized by Reporters without Borders, Amnesty International as well as other human rights groups and journalist unions. Opponents of the Global Security Bill insist that it’s a major infringement on the …
Read More »WATCH: French police unleash tear gas & water cannons at protests against new draconian ‘Comprehensive Security Law’
The proposed legislation, currently being debated by the French parliament, seeks to criminalize photographing or filming the police with intent to cause harm. It would also reportedly give more autonomy to local police, arm more officers nationwide and expand the use of surveillance drones in high-crime areas. Video shared online …
Read More »Forcing 40% of London’s police to be from BAME backgrounds is virtue-signalling nonsense & will do nothing to tackle crime
It is difficult to find the correct adjectives to describe the latest policy that the mayor of London is adopting and imposing on the city’s besieged Police Commissioner, as she struggles with terrorism, cyber crime, Covid-19, burglary, skyrocketing murders of young black males by other black males, to say nothing …
Read More »As governments seek to make photographing police a crime, our art puts them back in the frame & accountable for their actions
2020 has been a year of ever increasing state-sanctioned violence. In the UK the new Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill, currently being rushed through parliament, will allow undercover agents to commit ‘murder, torture and rape’ in the name of queen and country. From Madrid to London and Warsaw, our work …
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