Recently we observed a rogue ‘off the books’ police facial recognition surveillance of a peaceful Palestine protest that didn’t follow Met procedures and doesn’t appear on the official Met LFR deployment logs.
The Resistance Kitchen, along with 20 other community organisations, with the support of several local councillors, have launched a campaign to stop the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial recognition surveillance of our community.
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The Resistance Kitchen had a short, but insightful exchange, on a public forum, with Lindsey Chiswick, the Director of Intelligence for the Metropolitan Police Service, who is also the National Police Chiefs’ Council Lead on Facial Recognition.
Met’s Lead On Facial Recognition – Insightful Exchange Read More »
Police live facial recognition surveillance vans have recently invaded our public spaces in Croydon. They target marginalised communities – scanning their faces to steal their biometric data without their consent, treating them like suspects forced into a digital line up against a police watchlist every time they walk near the van…
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This week I attended the London Police Race Action Plan community engagement meeting in Croydon, aimed at ending the systemic racism of the Metropolitan Police Service.
London Race Action Plan – A Serious Attempt At Anti-Racism Or Just Window Dressing? Read More »
Why is a convicted felon, found guilty of assaulting a black mother in front of her traumatised child, still on the police force one month after his sentencing?
Charged, Found Guilty & Sentenced – But Still A Police Officer Read More »
On Friday 28th June, the Resistance Kitchen was privileged to join the campaign to Abolish Reporting for asylum seekers. Activists from diverse groups including Migrants Organise, set up an information stall outside Lunar House to help asylum seekers challenge the draconian ‘reporting immigration bail conditions’ imposed on them.
Campaign To Abolish Reporting Read More »
On Tuesday 21st May the we joined a stop deportation action at Stonebridge Lodge in Thornton Heath, just a few streets from our kitchen.
Stop Deportation Action – Stonebridge Read More »
Last July a black mother, Jocelyn Agyemang, whilst travelling on the bus with her young son on Whitehorse Road, less than two mile from our kitchen, was attacked by the police..
Police Officer Guilty – But Where Is The Change? Read More »
Following the passing of the Rwanda bill last month, the government has started abducting asylum seekers from our door step – Lunar House in Croydon for deportation to Rwanda. We can’t let the targeting of the most vulnerable in our community go unchallenged, the Resistance Kitchen has joined the campaign to stop deportations to Rwanda.
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