License To Kill - LowKey

"Making London Safer"...."Fighting crime"....."Protecting communities"......these quotes form the basis of the mission and values of the London Met. However, these so-called values must be challenged following the despicable behaviour of some of those policing the G20 and Gaza protests this year. It is undeniable that the presence of police at any protest is vital, for the sole purposes of ensuring public safety and preventing unnecessary actions caused by unjustified violent demonstrators. But it seems as though the mainstream media like to pick images and footage showing a protestor smashing a corporate window or a minority of protestors retaliating against officers. Such footage is often replayed and exaggerated to the point where they are accepted as typical occurrences at any protest. Peaceful protestors voicing their opinions on climate change, the global recession, capitalism or the genocide in Gaza are portrayed as violent hooligans. It is sad, that the media didnt consider it important to give a true representation of what really happened by highlighting police brutality. It took the death of Ian Tomlinson for mainstream media to finally show this to the public.

Ian Tomlinson, an innocent passer-by was assaulted by police, and as a result he collapsed and died. His death has raised questions about the police tactics that were used. On the evening of Apr 1st, riot police violently broke up a peaceful climate camp on Bishopsgate in London. At this time most of the mainstream media had already left. The armed police, wearing helmets and balaclavas beat their way through the unarmed crowd. A number of questions go through my mind, like why were RIOT police needed to control a peaceful crowd? Why was anti-terror legislation used against anyone from filming police actions? Why did a lot of riot police have their identification numbers missing? Where was the mainstream media when all this was happening? The answer to the last question is clear. The absence of any media reporting this incident allows the police to manipulate the true story and give THEIR version of events to the public.

However, thanks to demonstrators, members of the public and independent journalists police brutality at these events is well documented. It is now clear, that this is a vital mechanism in bringing the truth to the masses and therefore attaining justice to those who died or suffered due to police brutality or negligence.

We want Justice

Going further away from home, Id like to address the efforts of Mumia Abu Jamal, a key figure journalist in the exposure of police violence against minority communities. Mumia has been on death row since 1982, he was wrongfully sentenced for shooting a police officer. There is bountiful evidence, including the recantation of a key eyewitness, new ballistic and forensic evidence and a confession from Arnold Beverly (one of the two killers of Officer Faulkner) points to his innocence. On April 6 2009, the US Supreme Court rejected Mumia Abu Jamal's appeal for a new guilt-phase trial. In response, Mumia will be filing a "petition for re-hearing" by the end of April.
The Supreme Court has not yet decided whether to consider the Philadelphia DA's separate appeal, through which, the DA wants to execute Mumia WITHOUT a new sentencing hearing.

FREE MUMIA
hanaaB

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[cronicredeye]

think about it now... what person would join the police force unless their a nasty mother fucker who likes bullying and intimadating people?

they just like to have what little power they have...

when you really need them.. where the fuck are they?

[farthingj]

GOD bless you lowkey, real talk, ghetts is heavy but fuck ghetts lil prick about , dont chat about palstine ''i dont live there'' what a dick head, the world bigger than uk you fool,

[armymanjames1]

we want justice for what the police did over in my country of ireland shooting unamed civilians is not right were was the police when our streets were being burnt down they are just power hungry murdering bastards.

[RsEctil]

its been proven scientifically that if a human is given then chance for superiority, he will most likely abuse it. they will use their power over you for wrong things and their own enjoyment, so basically more than 80% of cops are looking for power over civilians, nothing else.

[mylittelucy]

Police have a duty to the public to protect and serve when they put on that uniform they are representing the people ,that's why police who do such horrible things give other police a bad reputation . Because we are lumping them all together which in a way is unfair because not all police are pigs

[nativewariorr]

WE WANT JUSTICE!!!!!

[probiliti]

END THE FEDS THEY HAVE NO REAL POWER

[djdom43]

@cronicredeye a few people do go in to policing beleiving in justice.. back in the day i knew a couple of proper safe coppers..

[rustytoes1989]

fuck the filth