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Bristol History Podcast

Bristol History Podcast: State Surveillance in Bristol and Beyond

This week I spoke with Colin Thomas and Tim Beasley of the Bristol Radical History Group to discuss the history of state surveillance in their...

Tom Brothwell

Opinion

Cops need to come clean on predictive policing of 250,000 people

Robbie Warin
Robbie Warin

General Election 2019

Local policing has been slashed and violent crime is up. Who will claim the mantle of ‘law and order’?

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Investigations

Investigation: Bristol’s invisible sex trade

The police are struggling to deal with sexual exploitation happening online. How does this off-street sex trade operate in this city?

Lorna Stephenson

Investigations

Exclusive: Former coppers, including undercover, exposed in police data blunder

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Opinion

Opinion: Unconscious bias training won’t end police institutional racism

Sam Kidel

City

Policewoman who Tasered Ras Judah found not guilty of assault

But PC Claire Boddie faces disciplinary action

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Reports

PC Claire Boddie on trial for tasering Ras Judah: the story so far

The police officer who tasered Easton man Ras Judah will appear in Salisbury Magistrates Court tomorrow (18 May) charged with common assault.

Lorna Stephenson

Opinion

Opinion: Surveillance Britain, nothing to fear? Think again

We need to act fast to defend our civil liberties or, like the frog in the pot, we could too late find ourselves in a very different climate.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Investigations

Campaign: stopping IMSI-catcher surveillance

The Cable is launching a national campaign calling for police to come clean on IMSI-catchers, and to ban this intrusive technology.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Ideas and Action

Discontent, despair and anger: responses to the Tasering of Ras Judah Adunbi

Desmond Brown encountered strong feelings when he asked local people to respond to the Tasering of Ras Judah, a 63-year-old black race relations adviser in Easton.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram and Desmond Brown

Reports

Exclusive: Modern Slavery arrests in Bristol

3 people have been arrested for Modern Slavery offences

Alon Aviram Adam Cantwell-Corn
Alon Aviram and Adam Cantwell-Corn

City

Feminist library occupiers defiant after police visit

Domestic violence campaigners occupying the now-closed Cheltenham Road Library, are determined to stay put after a visit from the police and other unidentified individuals - one of whom made threats.

Koel Mukherjee

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IPCC: Justice for Judah?

The IPCC lacks teeth. What sort of 'justice' can we expect for Judah?

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Reports

"Enough is enough": Campaign launched to support grandfather tasered by police

“Without the strength of my God there’s ... And without my neighbour there’s a strong possibility they would have killed me.”

Koel Mukherjee

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Revealed: The troubling trickle-down of phone-cracking technology

Avon and Somerset is one of at least 29 UK police forces forensically examining mobile phones. We reveal the powerful technology being targeted at low-level crime, and the serious security breaches it's enabled in the hands of local officers.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

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Police remove documents following Cable investigation

But they’ve been downloaded here… “The longer the policy of denial of existence of these capabilities go on, the worse it is for police, citizens,...

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

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Revealed: Bristol’s police and mass mobile phone surveillance

Evidence points to Avon and Somerset Constabulary and five other forces having bought devices that can spy on thousands of phones at a time...

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

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Sex-work offences dramatically decline in Bristol as debate rages

Whilst the debate around criminalisation of sex work rages,there has been a steep decline in sex work related offences recorded by police within Bristol.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

Reports

Avon and Somerset Police rank worst for hate crime action

Avon and Somerset Police are ranked worst among the nation’s 13 largest police forces in taking action against hate crime.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

Voices

Black Lives Matter Bristol: behind the scenes

Around 1,000 people marched through Bristol in support of the Black Lives Matter movement on Sunday. Edson Burton, one of the organisers of the march,...

Edson Burton

Reports

Exclusive: Race and religious hate crimes on the rise.

Figures obtained by the Bristol Cable from Avon and Somerset Police show that the the attack on Totterdown Mosque is the tip of the iceberg.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

Bristol and Beyond

A High Price? Bristol and the Global drug trade

Bristol is often seen as a leader in the movement for ethical and sustainable living. At the same time, free parties, raves and recreational drug use are also marks of the city. But how do these scenes interact? Are the ethical implications of drug use considered?

Adam Cantwell-Corn Alon Aviram
Alec Saelens, Adam Cantwell-Corn and Alon Aviram

Edition 2

Gangs in Bristol: beyond the headlines

Alon Aviram spoke to former gang members, youth workers, the police, and a football hooligan turned vicar to find out about the nature and scale of gang activity in Bristol today.

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram