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Met Police ‘Pay to Protest’ Rejected; Bad Cop Databse; Chicago Torture Linked to Guantanamo Torture
Met Police ‘Pay To Protest’ Proposal Rejected. Twelve campaigning groups have said they will refuse to pay for what they view as their right to protest. Their declaration comes after the Metropolitan police told protest groups they would have to pay what could amount to thousands of pounds for private firms to oversee their protests. The Met said they would have to fund traffic management – including measures such as road closures, barriers and stewards – for demonstrations they are planning to hold.
The Bad Cop Database. At a time when police departments around the country are being criticized for a lack of a transparency, the arrival of Legal Aid’s database represents a bold attempt to systematically track officers with a history of civil rights violations and other kinds of misbehavior, and thereby force judges, prosecutors, and juries to take the officers’ past actions into consideration when adjudicating cases.
Chicago Police Torture Linked To Guantanamo Bay Torture. A Chicago detective who led one of the most shocking acts of torture ever conducted at Guantánamo Bay was responsible for implementing a disturbingly similar, years-long regime of brutality to elicit murder confessions from minority Americans.
