#unlawful arrests

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

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Tory vice-chair Lee Anderson says anti-monarchists should leave UK

Contentious MP reacts to arrest of coronation protesters by telling British republicans to emigrate

Daniel Boffey Chief reporter, Sat 6 May 2023 17.21 BST

The Conservative party’s deputy chair, Lee Anderson, has said that anti-monarchist campaigners should emigrate rather than use their right to free speech to protest against the coronation of Charles III.

The comments followed the arrest of a number of demonstrators at the king’s coronation, including Graham Smith, the chief executive of the country’s largest republican pressure group, Republic, which was formed in 1983.

He tweeted: “Not My King? If you do not wish to live in a country that has a monarchy the solution is not to turn up with your silly boards. The solution is to emigrate.”

full article here

fully obsessed with this bonkers take; tories really do just come out with some of the weirdest bullshit youll ever fucking hear and we're expected to not just point and laugh at them.

#uk politics #britpol #british police #uk police #british politics #anti monarchy #anti charles #anti tory #tories #lee anderson #daniel boffey #the guardian #peaceful protest #monarchy #charles iii #graham smith #unlawful arrests #coronation #30p lee

[thetimelordbatgirl]

How it feels to see people actually defending the unlawful arrest of Not My King protesters and act like they shouldn’t have disrupted such a important event like the coronation:

#uk politics #british politics #imagine justifying these unlawful arrests #cause they somehow act like coronation was needed and an event that should be immune to freedom of speech #like the bootlicking is hard

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A Winnipeg police officer with a history of alleged misconduct is facing another lawsuit claiming he used force during an unlawful arrest.

The lawsuit, filed by Leo Lafreniere, alleges Jeffrey Norman Tasered him and unlawfully arrested him after Lafreniere was pulled over while riding his e-bike.

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Norman, the suit alleges, used force that amounted to assault and battery, resulting in burn marks from the Taser, bruising, back pain, psychological fear of police and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

#cdnpoli #canada #canadian politics #canadian news #canadian #police brutality #police violence #unlawful arrest #assault #jeffrey norman #winnipeg #manitoba #cops #police #police brutality tw #police violence tw #assault tw #cops tw #police tw #abolish the police

[vyorei]

Khalida Jarrar has been sentenced without charge and may be held indefinitely

#free gaza #free palestine #gaza strip #irish solidarity with palestine #palestine #gaza #news on gaza #al jazeera #boycott israel #israel #Khalida Jarrar #Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine #Palestinian Legislative Council #Unlawful arrest

[queerafricans]

Transgender influencer Shakiro speaks exclusively to VICE World News in her first interview since she escaped from her home nation of Cameroon and arrived in Europe as a refugee.

#shakiro #cameroon #tiktok #tw #transphobia #unlawful arrest

[plthroughlegallense]

[EMERGENCY REGULATIONS: A TOOL FOR OPPRESSION]

Despite being a law that has been revoked and rendered null and void, Israel pushes forward to reactivate this law upon declaring the establishment of their State. 

Israel justifies that this law is still applicable as it was not gazetted. However, the provisions of this law : Defense (Emergency) Regulations 1945 explicitly states that it does not need to be gazetted.

Section 4(1) : This regulation is a emergency document

Section 4 (2) : No need to publish emergency document in the Gazette

This is sufficient proof that the regulation is invalid as well as all arrests, orders, convictions and sentences were rendered void and illegal ab initio. We urge for the release of all Palestinians held in Israeli prison on grounds of illegality. 

#palestine #legal #law #colonialism #israel #collective punishment #free palestine #opppression #israeli occupation #illegal occupation #end the occupation #stop occupation #occupied palestine #administrative detention #arrest #british law #democracy #emergency #home demolition #revoked #illegal #detainees #unlawful

[jucomx]

It's so crazy to see european news agencies taking the side of the police, when they are making their fascist motives more and more clear... like bruh police in brussels "preventively arrested" youth, they arrested people THAT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING because they MIGHT protest. What The Fuck is happening to european democracy?!

#fascism #196 #europe #oppression #police brutality #classism #police #acab #unlawful arrest

[gold-onthe-inside]

my baby girl who has to singlehandedly fix this trainwreck of a profiling team

#oc: dr piper bishop #criminal minds x oc #helping penelope cope with a man dying in her arms #trying to stop hotch from making literally dozens of unlawful arrests #comforting a 23 year old after his mom dies #trying to talk said 23 year old out of killing their unsub #and then being told that she needs to be better at talking about the things she's dealing with #my poor girl #the horrors never end

[in-love-with-writing-whump]

Prompt: Dealing With the Devil:

TW: BLACKMAIL, DURESS, STRONG LANGUAGE, MENTIONS OF SA (CP/CSA)

Whumpee sat in the interrogation room, hands cuffed to the metal table. A, the morally corrupt police captain, sat down across from them, brandishing a box with Whumpee's name scrawled on the sides.

"Is that supposed to scare me? We both know that box doesn't have anything of note in it. I'm innocent."

A smirked at Whumpee's words. "Maybe of this charge. But I'd hardly call you innocent."

A opened the box, pulling out a singular envelope. Whumpee's eyes widened. Their muscles tensed. Throat tightened. Mouth dried out.

A unsealed the envelope pulling out the DVD. "I know Whumper and his crew made this. How old were you then? Fifteen? Sixteen?"

Whumpee's fingernails dug into their palms. "How did you get that? I shattered those DVDs years ago."

A didn't deign to respond. "Here's how it's going to go, Whumpee. You can go to jail for a murder you didn't commit, and I can play this little DVD for the inmates while you're being transferred so they know *exactly* what you are. Or, you can do me a favor and walk away free of all charges."

Whumpee's eyes burned with the beginnings of tears. "What do you want?"

A smiled. Good. That was the answer they were hoping for.

#criminal whumpee #tw: corruption #tw: police #tw: abuse of power #tw: child whump #tw: noncon #tw: blackmail #tw: duress #tw: distress #tw: angst #tw: crying #tw: unlawful arrest #Whumpee #whump prompt #tw: sadistic whumper

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Judge Rules R.C.M.P. Must Show Identity,” Toronto Star. April 22, 1941. Page 10. ----- Special to The Star Whitby, April 22. - Acquitting John Fialka, Oshawa, on a charge of obstructing an officer, Judge D. B. Coleman said ‘even R.C.M.P. officers cannot enter homes without showing their authority.’

He and Constable Fred Morris of the Cobourg detachment visited Fialka’s home on Jan. 11. Constable Carl Lockwood, R.C.M.P., testified. Both were in plain clothes and entered by breaking a window after the house was barricaded against them.

Constable Lockwood explained he had not shown Fialka his badge or revealed his identify on first entering because ‘if you don’t get down there in a hurry you won’t find anything.’ Fialka’s premises were subject of search for crude alcohol, he said.

#whitby #oshawa #obstructing the police #resisting arrest #police badge #unlawful search and seizure #warrantless search #break and enter #royal canadian mounted police #police powers #liquor control #moonshining #moonshine #canada during world war 2 #crime and punishment in canada #history of crime and punishment in canada #cobourg

[listen-to-the-inner-walrus]

so like we're all aware of the uh absolute disaster of arrests related to the coronation, right? with the police arresting people for seemingly no reason at best?

anyone want to hear a first hand account of one of them? yeah?

well, let me introduce you to the group who were arrested in the middle of a seminar that was entirely unrelated to the coronation who were arrested by the metropolitan police with a rather surreal tangent about vegan breakfasts.

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‘It was utterly surreal’: police accused of farcical error after 14 arrested at seminar on day of coronation

Primary teacher and ex-civil servant were among those attending class. Here they recount what happened

Daniel Boffey Chief reporter, Sun 21 May 2023

“I felt that they knew by the time they had taken us to the station in the van that they had the wrong people,” said Lauren, 26, a medical writer in the pharmaceutical industry.

The post-coronation wash-up over the last fortnight has been marked by an array of surreal stories of bungled arrests, from the republican activists swept up by police for possession of luggage straps to the pro-monarchy Australian architect who had been simply seeking to enjoy a pleasant day out at Westminster Abbey.

It has been notable that in each of those cases, after intense media attention, the Metropolitan police has since admitted some regret and announced that no further action would be taken.

The group, almost entirely female or non-binary, aged between their mid-20s and late 60s and largely new to activism, let alone its more extreme manifestations, were arrested on suspicion of being a Just Stop Oil cell intent on disrupting the crowning of Charles III.

In reality, they had gathered in a small nondescript room in a rented work space in east London for a seven-hour seminar about the theory, history and practice of non-violent protest after expressing an interest in the social activist group Animal Rising, largely via its website.

They were put in minivans outside the building, with eight of the group taken to Brixton police station in south London and six to Stoke Newington in north London. Hillwood was sat in the vehicle for hour and a half before disembarking in Brixton. There was a further 90-minute wait outside the station before being checked in at the custody desk.

It was 4pm by the time Hillwood was led to her cell. She asked for her solicitor and was served a vegan “all day breakfast”. “It was literally beans,” Hillwood said. A solicitor advised her to offer no comment to the officers’ questions.

But when it came to his turn, Jenkins felt no such compunction. “I said my intention was to sit in an all day training course learn about non-violent protests, meet some new people and avoid the coronation.”

The group were let out late in the evening on bail pending further investigation. Those arrested have since tried to piece together what may have happened. They learned that Just Stop Oil had previously used the building for meetings, along with many other organisations.

The police had mentioned some placards lying around in part of the building, and some paint unconnected to the training. The truth, said Caitlin, was that it was a horrible bungle. Animal Rising is planning a civil case for wrongful arrest and imprisonment. “I want the police to drop it,” said Caitlin. “I want my phone and my watch back and I want this wiped from the police database.”

The Metropolitan police has declined to comment.

full article here

so little tl/dr: the metropolitan police essentially raided a 7 hour seminar that was unrelated to the coronation, and arrested 14 people on suspicion of being part of just stop oil and held them for over six hours because uh, well theyd rented the same room as just stop oil did one time and there was some signs i guess.

(side note on just stop oil; ive read a lot of conflicting information about them as activists and i honestly dont know if they are a real activist group or if its astroturfing. if anyone more educated on them wants to elaborate, please do.)

they were arrested “on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance” because the police believed they intended to disrupt the coronation.

im not sure how they planned to do that since they were five miles away from it and in a seven-hour seminar, but who needs logistics or facts when you have a law that violates human rights.

theyre still being investigated now; the police still have caitlins phone; theyre out on fucking bail.

again, the police believe their part of just stop oil because they rented a room that anyone can rent and apparently they saw some signs and placards.

if you wrote "25 police officers mistakenly raid a seminar on non-violent protest as they believed them to be part of a conspiracy for renting a room" as satire, youd probably get the feedback or it being a little on the nose. but nope, this actually happened.

#britpol #ukpol #british police #british politics #uk police #uk politics #coronation #police #anti coronation #acab #king charles #anti monarchy #monarchy #uk #unlawful arrests #fascisim #just stop oil #protests #peaceful protests #peaceful protest #protest #the guardian #daniel boffey #animal rising #met police #metropolitan police #police misconduct #this is just insane idek what to tag #conspiracy #human rights

[bytectrla]

albion  officer :  points  the  muzzle  of  their  gun  directly  in  a  civilians  face orion,  pulling  his  mask  on :  i’m  about  to  ruin  this  mans  entire  career

#✇ ― post. 「 ooc. 」 #nah because the shit these bitches do #slapping civilians for not immediately cooperating #to a facial scan #making unlawful arrests for no reason #orion immediately pulling over: this is a job for me

[thellawtoknow]

Illegal Arrest

Topic: Understanding Illegal Arrests: What Constitutes Unlawful Detention?Lack of Probable Cause:Absence of Warrant:Violation of Constitutional Rights:Excessive Use of Force:Failure to Inform of Rights: Topic: Understanding Illegal Arrests: What Constitutes Unlawful Detention? Illegal arrests are a serious violation of an individual’s rights and can have far-reaching consequences on their…

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#illegal arrest #illegal detention #miranda rights #miranda warning #police arrest #unlawful detention

[detainedstaffday]

Human Rights Committee General Comment 35, Article 9 (Liberty and Security of Person).

International human rights law provides a clear and universal framework relating to detention, enshrined by the following standards:

United Nations CCPR/C/GC/35.

The right to take proceedings for release from unlawful or arbitrary detention.

Paragraph 4 of article 9 entitles anyone who is deprived of liberty by arrest or detention to take proceedings before a court, in order that the court may decide without delay on the lawfulness of the detention and order release if the detention is not lawful. It enshrines the principle of habeas corpus. may, in appropriate circumstances, be limited to review of the reasonableness of a prior determination.

The right applies to all detention by official action or pursuant to official authorization, including detention in connection with criminal proceedings, military detention, security detention, counter-terrorism detention, involuntary hospitalization, immigration detention, detention for extradition and wholly groundless arrests. It also applies to detention for vagrancy or drug addiction, detention for educational purposes of children in conflict with the law and other forms of administrative detention. Detention within the meaning of paragraph 4 also includes house arrest and solitary confinement. When a prisoner is serving the minimum duration of a prison sentence as decided by a court of law after a conviction, either as a sentence for a fixed period of time or as the fixed portion of a potentially longer sentence, paragraph 4 does not require subsequent review of the detention.

The object of the right is release (either unconditional or conditional) from ongoing unlawful detention; compensation for unlawful detention that has already ended is addressed in paragraph 5. Paragraph 4 requires that the reviewing court must have the power to order release from the unlawful detention.132 When a judicial order of release under paragraph 4 becomes operative (exécutoire), it must be complied with immediately, and continued detention would be arbitrary in violation of article 9, paragraph 1.

The right to bring proceedings applies in principle from the moment of arrest and any substantial waiting period before a detainee can bring a first challenge to detention is impermissible.134 In general, the detainee has the right to appear in person before the court, especially where such presence would serve the inquiry into the lawfulness of detention or where questions regarding ill-treatment of the detainee arise. The court must have the power to order the detainee brought before it, regardless of whether the detainee has asked to appear.

Unlawful detention includes detention that was lawful at its inception but has become unlawful because the individual has completed serving a sentence of imprisonment or the circumstances that justify the detention have changed. After a court has held that the circumstances justify the detention, an appropriate period of time may pass, depending on the nature of the relevant circumstances, before the individual is entitled to take proceedings again on similar grounds.

“Unlawful” detention includes both detention that violates domestic law and detention that is incompatible with the requirements of article 9, paragraph 1, or with any other relevant provision of the Covenant. While domestic legal systems may establish differing methods for ensuring court review of detention, paragraph 4 requires that there be a judicial remedy for any detention that is unlawful on one of those grounds.139 For example, the power of a family court to order release of a child from detention that is not in the child’s best interests may satisfy the requirements of paragraph 4 in relevant cases.

Paragraph 4 entitles the individual to take proceedings before “a court,” which should ordinarily be a court within the judiciary. Exceptionally, for some forms of detention, legislation may provide for proceedings before a specialized tribunal, which must be established by law and must either be independent of the executive and legislative branches or enjoy judicial independence in deciding legal matters in proceedings that are judicial in nature.

Paragraph 4 leaves the option of taking proceedings to the persons being detained or those acting on their behalf; unlike paragraph 3, it does not require automatic initiation of review by the authorities detaining an individual. Laws that exclude a particular category of detainees from the review required by paragraph 4 violate the Covenant. Practices that render such review effectively unavailable to an individual, including incommunicado detention, also amount to a violation. To facilitate effective review, detainees should be afforded prompt and regular access to counsel. Detainees should be informed, in a language they understand, of their right to take proceedings for a decision on the lawfulness of their detention.

Persons deprived of liberty are entitled not merely to take proceedings, but to receive a decision, and without delay. The refusal by a competent court to take a decision on a petition for the release of a detained person violates paragraph 4. The adjudication of the case should take place as expeditiously as possible. Delays attributable to the petitioner do not count as judicial delay

The Covenant does not require that a court decision upholding the lawfulness of detention be subject to appeal. If a State party does provide for appeal or further instances, the delay may reflect the changing nature of the proceeding and in any event must not be excessive.

#united nations human rights council #unpersonnel #unstaff #detained staff members #detention and imprisonment #detention #Liberty and Security of Person #international instruments #national and international courts and tribunals #International human rights law #right to compensation #unlawful arrest #arbitrary detention #category of detainees #person deprived of liberty

[queerafricans]

#cameroon #tw #homophobia #unlawful arrest #transphobia

[twtsc]

Spartanburg Newborn Tests Positive for Fentanyl, Parents Arrested

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#Child Welfare #Drug Use During Pregnancy #Fentanyl Exposure #Law Enforcement #Methadone Treatment #Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) #Newborn Health #Opioid Crisis #Parental Arrests #Spartanburg County #Special Victims Unit #Substance Abuse #Unlawful Conduct Towards a Child