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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · Nov 19

The results of a little experiment I and @hleehurley.bsky.social carried out over a few months..

Are the Criminal Police Class Bonded by Drugs, Abuse, Misogyny and Rape?
And if so, what's the solution? #PoliceCrimeDaily samanthaasumadu.substack.com/p/are-the-cr...

Are the Criminal Police Class Bonded by Drugs, Abuse, Misogyny and Rape?

And if so, what's the solution?

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 13h

I felt like this was quite big news, but have not seen anyone talking about it. Or actually even any articles being shared about it. Weird. Has the Me too movement totally moved on? Aren't their funded organisations who work on this area of law and women's rights?

Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 8d

Victims of crime in England and Wales will have greater protection from tomorrow. In specified circumstances, they will no longer be bound by non-disclosure agreements or confidentiality clauses that they have signed.

— @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social

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Gags to be banned

Victims of crime will be allowed to disclose information

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 14h

'An academic who interviewed 60 officers in the Operational Support Department – which includes the armed support unit, close protection, riot police and explosives branch – found that almost 90% of them were scathing about how the police supports its own frontline officers.'

Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 14h

Officers in the PSNI’s (Police Service of Northern Ireland) most sensitive department have described their senior management as more dangerous than those trying to kill them. m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politic...

PSNI mirroring Blue Lights: Officers fear their own bosses more than dissidents amid ‘deep, corrosive disillusionment’

Officers in the PSNI’s most sensitive department have described their senior management as more dangerous than those trying to kill them.

m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 1d

Everything has already been said. Sometimes you don't have to repeat it.

Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 3d

Anyone with information about the arson can report it to Sussex Police online or on 101, quoting Operation Spey.

Alternatively contact CrimeStoppers anonymously by calling 0800 555 111.

Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 3d

“This is a fast-moving investigation, and we are urging anyone with relevant information to report it to us.

“This includes anyone with CCTV, ring doorbell, dashcam, and mobile phone footage in the area at the time.

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 3d

“Sussex Police takes a zero-tolerance approach to hate crime and there is no place for hate across the county.

"There is already an increased police presence at the scene and there are also additional patrols taking place to provide reassurance at other places of worship across the county.

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 3d

No one was harmed during the incident, which is being treated as a hate crime.

Sussex Police Detective Superintendent Karrie Bohanna said:

"We understand the concerns this has caused within the community, and the impact that will be felt by the Muslim community as a result."

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 3d

Pay attention. And then perhaps politicians will do too.
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 21d

A 9-year-old girl has been left "frightened to leave the house" after she was shot with an airgun in a racially aggravated assault, police say.

Avon & Somerset Police said the girl was hit three times by an air gun pellet in an incident in Bristol on 2 Sept, during which a racial comment was used.

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 3d

However, it shouldn't just be up to me and a couple of other people/orgs

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 3d

Were you aware that a 64-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of arson 10 days ago?

The blaze at the Thistle City Barbican, Islington, is being treated as a hate crime by investigating officers and has been condemned as a "despicable and cowardly attack".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 3d

I have been documenting these incidents for weeks.

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 3d

This 👇🏿 is VERY important. Religious and other marginalised communities are being terrorised EVERY DAY. Where is the care or protection?

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 3d

Footage from overnight shows an arsonist setting fire to the community mosque in Peacehaven, East Sussex. A person inside managed to escape safely. Firefighters have now stood down. Sussex Police are investigating. sussex.news/east-sussex/...

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Sharon @shazbot42.bsky.social · 3d

And Shabana Mahmood is talking about giving the police powers to ‘crack down’ on these repeated protests…so much for the support of the Palestinian people that she has vocalised in the past. We are getting frighteningly authoritarian 💔

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 3d

She's just as bad as Priti Patel and Braverman AND Cooper. Maybe worse.

Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 3d

It's worth reading the whole four part series.
www.thecanary.co/author/saman...

Samantha Asumadu

Articles by Samantha Asumadu for Canary

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 3d

I feel like everything I wrote last year about the Public Order Act and the far right riots was quite prescient.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 4d

The police who were exposed by BBC Panorama this week for their racism, misogyny, and indiscriminate violence are off to arrest some pensioners holding signs saying, 'I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action'.

Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 4d

All silent, bar the police

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 4d

It's literally just pensioners 🤲🏾

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 4d

Been asked to do a talk at Cambridge about IPP/Risk/Prison. Never said yes to anything so fast. Gives me hope that unis are interested in IPP & sentencing. Nice they had engaged in my work @ Trapped & articles @opendemocracy.net i spoke about risk last year:
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"What is Prison For?"

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 5d

"Britain is not broken because of migration. Britain is broken because of inequality. Because of an economy that allows billionaires to hoard wealth while millions struggle to get by. Because of a political class that has lost its nerve and forgotten its purpose."

Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 5d

This is fucking outstanding from Zack, I was punching the air at practically every sentence

Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

www.theguardian.com

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 5d

The man who was arrested by West Midlands police for the racially motivated rape last month was also released on police bail.

During the attack, he reportedly told the woman, "You don't belong in this country, get out."

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 6d

Slippery People - 2005 Remaster

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