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MPS case against FITWATCH collapses

02-10-2009 13:56

Prominent FITWATCHERS were today acquitted of public order and assault charges after Police evidence was discredited.

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Play FITwatch Bingo at climate camp!

24-08-2009 20:24

A selection of spotter cards featuring all our favourite FIT are now available from the FITwatch blog.

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Report from Last Week's Meeting Between Police and the Camp for Climate Action

24-08-2009 09:36

Last Thursday, the Camp for Climate Action Police Liaison Team spoke at a "briefing afternoon", at the Metropolitan Police's Training Centre in Gravesend. Why did they do this, and what on Earth could they possibly say to the police? Simon Stanley was at the scene...

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FITwatch at the Climate Camp

22-08-2009 19:36

This is a call out for all climate campers to do a bit of FITwatching during and after the Swoop, and as people arrive for the climate camp.

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Metropolitan Police in the Twitterverse

19-08-2009 10:49

CO11 join Twitter.

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Fitwatch Call - DISARM DSEi Meeting - 16th August

12-08-2009 09:32

Resist the FIT Teams at the DISARM DSEi public meeting.
1:45pm, Calthorpe Arms, Grays Inn Road (nearest tubes Russell Square and Kings Cross).

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Demos & Surveillance continue [July] at Heckler & Koch weapons HQ

13-07-2009 23:12

4pm on Monday July 13th, people had gathered at the gates to the UK headquarters of Heckler & Koch, based within the Easter Park Industrial Estate on Lenton Lane, Nottingham. Nottingham NG7 PX. [Unit 3 in fact].

The campaign holds regular monthly demonstrations, [These are normally held on the 2nd monday of every month]

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Pix-&-Vidz of STOP POLICE VIOLENCE! Sat 23 May 09

25-05-2009 19:10

Dateline: London, UK, 15:00 Sat 23 May 09 – Hundreds of folks take to the streets to protest against police violence, naked brutality and killings in custody, on the United Campaign against Police Violence's first national demonstration – STOP POLICE VIOLENCE! KETTLE NEW SCOTLAND YARD!

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Saturday 23 May - Stop Police Violence, Kettle New Scotland Yard!

19-05-2009 15:26

Saturday 23 May - assemble 3pm Trafalgar Square
March via Downing Street to New Scotland Yard.

The United Campaign Against Police Violence has called a national demonstration to highlight the issues of police violence and demand justice for those who have died in police custody.

The police tactic of "kettling" demonstrators - essentially detaining protestors and bystanders without charge - will be turned on its head on the protest, when we kettle New Scotland Yard.

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‘Mayday! Mayday!’ Smash EDO Brighton: anti-war march clashes with police

04-05-2009 18:35

May Day, 4th May 2009: Hundreds of people from all over the country met in Brighton today to protest against the war, capitalism, and the arms trade. Organised by the Smash EDO movement, which for years has been campaigning against the EDO/ITT weapons factory based in Brighton, the protest started off very peacefully and remained generally positive throughout the day.

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FIT Teams shut down in Brighton

04-05-2009 12:39

Reports have been received that FIT teams have been physically stopped from operating at the Shut ITT/EDO Mayday demo

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Fighting Fit at Brighton

01-05-2009 11:14

Fitwatch have published photographs and details of public order police who they claim had on-the-ground responsibility for the implementation of control tactics such as kettles, cordons, batons, pepper spray and dogs.

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City Hall grill Met police over G20 policing

30-04-2009 15:14

Report of today's public meeting Metropolitan Police Authority public meeting on the G20 policing. MPA members question Met Assistant Commissioners over kettling, police identification numbers, deleting photos, the Tactical Support Group, and question Mayor Boris Johnson over his role.

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Fitwatching at World Day for Animals in Labs London March. 25th April 2009

27-04-2009 19:30

Here are a selection of cops from the World Day for Animals in Labs London March. 25th April 2009.

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FITwatch names FIT in Tomlinson death

11-04-2009 11:49

The FITwatch blog has put names to some of the FIT team who were there when Ian Tomlinson was assaulted by TSG.

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Comment and Photos of the G20 Demonstration At Bank

07-04-2009 22:32

View of the Police Kettle around the Bank of England Intersection City Of London

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Some thoughts on the G20 police riot

07-04-2009 17:20

As has been said numerous times now, we need to take stock of the police riot on April 1st 2009 during the G20 protests. Although none of the tactics were that new, the level of intimidation and repression of public protest was entirely something different. I suppose this is the way things will be from now on. With this is mind, it's a time of learning from the past and from the G20 protests.

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Stop kettling sign this petition every little helps.

06-04-2009 21:08

The "Kettle" is best known for having been used in the May Day protests at Oxford Circus in 2001, after which it became the subject of a civil action, brought by one of those contained and only finally resolved by the law lords (in the police's favour) in January this year.

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