Bristol’s Kill the Bill protests

Listen: Bristol Unpacked with Neil Maggs

Listen: Bristol Unpacked, with activist Jasmine York on being jailed after the Kill the Bill riots

Jasmine York, who was jailed for arson after the 2021 Kill the Bill riots, discusses those days that rocked the city, and abolishing prisons.

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Neil Maggs, George Colwey and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Reports

Two years after Bristol’s Kill the Bill unrest, protesters condemn ‘unjust’ sentences and the media narrative

Sean Morrison
Sean Morrison

Police and Crime bill

5 key moments in history that led to the Police and Crime Act

Matt Foot

Bristol's Kill the Bill protests

Police used ‘excessive force’ during Bristol Kill the Bill protests, parliamentary inquiry finds

A new report into policing of Bristol’s Kill the Bill protests and the Clapham vigil for Sarah Everard has found that police used excessive force and failed to distinguish between violent and peaceful protesters.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Police and Crime bill

‘I was pretty scared so I was just in a ball’: Protesters speak out about police violence

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Hannah Vickers and Priyanka Raval

Police and Crime bill

Bristol’s fourth Police and Crime Bill protest remains peaceful after hands-off policing

Filiz Gurer
Filiz Gurer

Police and Crime bill

Debunked: Expired MOT does not prove police vehicle fires were ‘staged’

Ever since a police van and car were set alight during disturbances in Bristol, false claims have circulated on social media that the vehicles’ expired MOTs prove that the events were ‘staged’.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Police and Crime bill

Police and Mayor ‘decided collectively’ to clear sit-down protest on College Green

In a candid radio interview with the Bristol Police Area Commander this morning, it was disclosed that police decided collectively with the Mayor to clear...

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Local Elections 2021

How Bristol politicians and election candidates have responded to Friday’s Police and Crime Bill protest

Statements by the parties and candidates on protests and policing in the lead up to May’s local elections.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

Reports

Watch: Police forcefully break up Police and Crime Bill sit-down protest followed by major clashes

Around 1,000 defied Covid-19 restrictions to attend the third protest against the Police and Crime Bill in the space of a week.

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Matty Edwards, Adam Cantwell-Corn, Alon Aviram and Hannah Vickers

Police and Crime bill

Police violently shut down peaceful sit down occupation of College Green

The protest was peaceful before police arrived, with participants sitting down listening to speeches and singing.

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Hannah Vickers, Adam Cantwell-Corn and Alon Aviram

Police and Crime bill

Bristol and the Police and Crime bill; A day and night of protest and unrest

As videos gripped the world from the clashes on Sunday night, a report on the day’s events and how thousands protested against the Police and Crime Bill.

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval
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