‘There are uneducated people who are hell-bent on self-extermination. I am not one of them. I am into building up my kings and queens. So for me, Black Lives Matter. ibid. Sandra’s activism
‘I am here to change history.’ ibid.
‘Say Her Name!’ ibid.
‘She had scrapes on her upper right side of her back.’ ibid. autopsy
‘Here is a guy who should clearly have been charged with assault. Battery … ’ ibid.
Trooper Encinia is fired. The Grand Jury begins to investigate the Walter Country Jail. ibid. caption
‘Evidence of deep bruising … someone has put their knee into her back.’ ibid. autopsy
‘We know that someone’s spirit can be broken.’ ibid. autopsy
‘Everyone was acquitted of wrong doing.’ ibid. television news
‘The jail were filled out in a way that should not have been filled out. They were turned in with false information.’ ibid. rozzer’s apologist’s admission
‘She was hung from a trash-bag. Well, the problem with that trash-bag is is that it didn’t have her fingerprints on it … In fact it didn’t have her DNA on it.’ ibid. lawyer
The family settles for $1.9 million and a prison or jail reform and police de-escalation training. ibid. caption
Police officers around the country you need to hear my voice – Tell the Fricking’ Truth. ibid. Charles Witherspoon, ex-rozzer
‘No, we didn’t go back there and tie a bag around her neck, but it is our responsibility to take care of her. ibid. R G Smith, sheriff
The Sandra Black Act is now law in Texas, mandating state-wide reforms to increase prison inmate safety. Police de-escalation training was removed from the bill. ibid. caption
Portsmouth, South Virginia: ‘1-5-1 shots fired suspect down … 1-5-1 I’m not getting a pulse; starting CPR …’ This World: Unarmed Black Male, BBC 2020,
‘Deadly Officer-Involved Shooting: ‘An 18 year old male: he was allegedly …’ ibid. Wavy online television news
1,146 people were killed by police in America in 2015. 36 officers were charged over the deaths. 6 were convicted. ibid. caption
William Chapman was one of 306 African-Americans killed by police last year. ibid.
42 police officers were killed in America last year. ibid.
No charges were brought against Officer Rankin over Kirill’s [Denyakin] death. But he was put on desk duty for almost 3 years. ibid.
The judge has decided the jury won’t be told about Rankin’s previous shooting or William’s disciplinary record. ibid.
‘We’ve got more villains in our game than you’ve got in yours, you know.’ Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty I: Firm in a Firm, tape of bent copper to villain, BBC 2021
At the dawn of the 1970s London was a city under threat. Drugs, pornography and violent robbery were front page news. But behind the headlines lay a sinister hidden truth. Amongst honest officers a secret network of bent coppers operated across London. It’s the story of corruption that went to the very top. And a band of honest coppers who took on the fight to stop the rot. ibid.
‘Black people and the working classes were easy pickings, and you could almost guarantee that any bust was successful.’ ibid. ex-rozzer
Three weeks into The Times’ investigation, and still unaware he is being recorded, John Simmonds continues to take money off Michael Parry. ibid.
‘The Sunday People was about to blow Scotland Yard wide open with another story. This time it really was the big time.’ ibid. ex-rozzer
‘That was all for show. They raid us once a month for appearances sake.’ Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty II: Goodbye Rotten Geezer, Soho sex shop worker
At this time, Soho at least in term of pornography, was a huge corruption machine in which hundreds of pounds was being paid every year to crooked cops. ibid. Martin Short, journalist
Demand for pornography in the late 1960s was at an all-time high. Magazines are cheap to produce, and hardcore material is easily smuggled in from the more liberal Europe. With vast profits to be made, pornographers continually pushed the boundaries of acceptability. The job of policing this lucrative trade is down to the Obscene Publications Squad. In charge of the Obscene Publications Squad is none other than Detective Chief Superintendent Bill Moody … He was making vast sums of cash doing deals with pornographers. ibid.
Police Chief And The Porn King. ibid. Sunday People front page
Seven days after taking charge, Robert Mark rewrites the rulebook and announces the Metropolitan Police’s first ever dedicated anti-corruption branch: A10. ibid.
A10 swoop on ten officers accused of corruption. ibid.
‘During the 1970s the crime of armed robbery had been brought to the state of almost perfection: it was the glamour crime. It was about villains carrying guns always afraid they would be ambushed by police and shot dead themselves.’ Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty III: Taking a Drink, ex-rozzer
‘Rumours began to circulate that deals of some sort were being done. The attention switched from Scotland Yard over to the City of London CID and that the Firm Within a Firm had not been put out of business, and bent cops were still rampant.’ ibid.
Eight men had been arrested in connection with the three armed robberies. All charges [armed robbery & murder] against them are dropped. ibid.
Codenamed Operation Countryman, 27 officers from Dorset begin their investigation into the allegations of corruption in the City of London police … Operation Countryman triples in size with more than 80 officers drafted in from 10 regional forces … After 4 years and after a cost of £4 million, Operation Countryman is being wound down. Out of the 200 allegations of corruption investigated, no Metropolitan police officers were convicted of any offences. ibid.
My name is Bijan Ebrahimi. My life is in danger. I’ve got a mob behind my door. There’s 6, 7 neighbours and I can’t go out the door because I am not safe. Murdered by a Mob: The Murder of Bijan Ebrahimi ***** emergency appeal to rozzers, Channel 5 2021
Despite calling the police, despite calling for the council repeatedly, repeatedly, he received no support. He was ignored. ibid. old dude
What part of be quiet do you not understand. Shut up. ibid. rozzer in station
The murder was described as a deeply shocking vigilante attack. The quiet disabled Iranian refugee was kicked and punched to death outside his flat on a British council estate. Doused with white spirit and then set alight. ibid. news
This has been going on for years. Where the local authority and the police have known about this. And I thought, what on earth has happened to lead to this place? How many opportunities must have been missed for Bijan to end as a burning corpse? ibid. researcher
Bijan was subject to racial abuse. He was called a [deleted]. He was called a paedophile. They would throw stones at his plants. Break the pots. They would leave rubbish on his door, beer cans that sort of thing. They’d gather late at night outside his front door. Get drunk there. It would have been a constant barrage. ibid.
Thursday 11th July 2013, two days before his murder. Bijan started filming his neighbours. Bijan films a neighbour drinking with his children. ibid.
There are 78 previous calls from this man … ibid. two rozzers response
‘The police decided to arrest Bijan.’ ibid. counsel
‘You are making it worse. Now get inside.’ ibid. rozzer
Because he had taken photographs of children who had been pulling plants up or whatever it was in his garden, therefore it was an excuse in the minds of the real perpetrators, accusing him of being a paedophile. And there was nothing worse at that time. ibid. George Fergus, Mayor of Bristol 2012-216
He was all right. Really really really polite. Always outside, always outside three, four times a day watering his flowers. And just smiling … Paedophile? No. That was just a cover … They call me names … I’m still going through racism. And nothing’s getting done about it … It’s getting worse and worse. ibid. neighbour