Boris Johnson backed down from plunging Manchester into Tier Three coronavirus restrictions amid fears police would not enforce the rules without Mayor Andy Burnham’s backing. Greater Manchester Police currently answers to the city’s Labour Mayor, while police and crime commissioners – a role filled in Manchester by Mr Burnham – have the power to set strategic … Read more
Boris Johnson backed down from imposing Tier 3 Covid rules on Manchester because he ‘feared police won’t enforce them effectively’ without Andy Burnham’s backing Greater Manchester Police currently answers to Labour mayor Andy Burnham Negotiation between Government and city’s leaders will continue over weekend It comes after the PM hailed agreement with Lancashire to move to … Read more
Officers policing Extinction Rebellion’s climate change protests have been pulled off duty due to a flare-up of coronavirus among their ranks A number of police officers who attended the protests returned positive tests Their team mates also began showing symptoms of coronavirus More than 300 activists from XR have been arrested in London since Tuesday … Read more
Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday that the unfair policing of African Americans is a ‘widespread phenomenon’ before rejecting calls to defund the police. Protests over the recent police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and other African Americans have ignited a national conversation about the role of law enforcement in society. … Read more
Donald Trump will unveil plan to tackle ‘aggressive policing tactics’ at the White House on Tuesday and meet black families who have suffered at cops’ hands – but will NOT use words ‘systemic racism’ in new executive order Donald Trump said Monday that he will unveil a police reform executive order during a Rose Garden … Read more
Father of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence says UK policing is still ‘institutionally racist’ and black people are ‘treated as second-class citizens’ Neville Lawrence, 78, also praised the tearing down of statues of slave owners His son Stephen was stabbed to death in a racist attack in London in April 1993 Charges against the killers were … Read more