Finnegan
I like a bit of a cavort
“Today’s police force was born directly out of the demand to protect the interests of the wealthy and the powerful and to defend their needs and their property. Understanding this history is key to understanding how we create a police service that protects rather than criminalises working class and marginalised communities.
The experience was something I faced growing up in Liverpool 8 in the 1980s. I remember how the police imported tactics and weapons from the occupation of Northern Ireland, using CS gas against protestors for the first time, including against members of my own family, during the so-called 1981 ‘Toxteth riots.’ To us, it was evident that the police were not here to protect us; they were here to occupy our streets and wage war on our communities. This was evidenced again in the treatment of striking miners at Orgreave and against Liverpool fans following the Hillsborough disaster—injustices for which those truly responsible were never held to account.”
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2023/05/the-police-dont-care-about-ending-institutional-racism
The experience was something I faced growing up in Liverpool 8 in the 1980s. I remember how the police imported tactics and weapons from the occupation of Northern Ireland, using CS gas against protestors for the first time, including against members of my own family, during the so-called 1981 ‘Toxteth riots.’ To us, it was evident that the police were not here to protect us; they were here to occupy our streets and wage war on our communities. This was evidenced again in the treatment of striking miners at Orgreave and against Liverpool fans following the Hillsborough disaster—injustices for which those truly responsible were never held to account.”
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2023/05/the-police-dont-care-about-ending-institutional-racism