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Backlash over ‘disgraceful’ police force that passed video footage to DWP

By John Pring on 3rd January 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Backlash over ‘disgraceful’ police force that passed video footage to DWP
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A Labour police and crime commissioner is facing criticism from within his own party for endorsing his force’s “disgraceful” decision to pass video footage and other information about disabled anti-fracking protesters to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Wayne Blackburn, […]

‘Kicked, punched, knocked unconscious, tipped out of wheelchairs’: Campaigners describe repeated police targeting of disabled anti-fracking protesters

By John Pring on 13th December 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

‘Kicked, punched, knocked unconscious, tipped out of wheelchairs’: Campaigners describe repeated police targeting of disabled anti-fracking protesters
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Police forces are repeatedly targeting and assaulting disabled people involved in peaceful anti-fracking protests, campaigners have told Disability News Service (DNS). DNS has seen video footage of a string of incidents in which disabled campaigners taking part in peaceful protests have […]

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