Month: April 2012

17/04/2012

CPS decision to prosecute Newham officer: “I hope now to see justice” – Mauro Demetrio

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have announced their intention to prosecute PC Alex MacFarlane, who was recorded allegedly saying “You’ll always be a nigger”, in the case raised by Mauro Demetrio of Newham.

The decision reverses an earlier announcement by the CPS that there would be no prosecution.

13/04/2012

NMP calls for cameras to be installed in the back of police vans in Newham by the start of the Olympics

Sign the petition here

Newham Monitoring Project has launched a public campaign to have CCTV cameras installed in the back of police vans in Newham in time for the start of the Olympics.

The campaign calls on individuals and organisations to support a wider demand for the Metropolitan Commissioner Hogan-Howe to install cameras in the back of all police vehicles, but specifies that at a minimum, a pilot needs to be in place in Newham before the start of the Olympics. Read more