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16,619. The [Birmingham 6] men’s ordeal was far from over. They were next taken from their cells to the bath house ... Prison officers were charged with assaulting the six but they were all acquitted at trial. (Miscarriages of Justice & Police & Custody) World in Action: The Birmingham 6: Their Own Story, ITV 1991
16,627. They [Birmingham 6] had been beaten up and forced to confess, and a forensic scientist falsely testified they had handled explosives. The police also suppressed evidence that could have exonerated them. (Miscarriages of Justice & Custody) 7/7: Crime & Prejudice
113,613. The riot didn’t tear up the community, the condition of the community caused the uprising that we had. (Baltimore & Police & Custody) Baltimore Rising, Carl Stokes councilman, HBO 2017
113,614. On April 12 2015 Freddie Gray is arrested in the Gilmor Homes housing project … ‘He emerged at the end of that ride with an 80% torn spine.’ (Baltimore & Police & Custody) ibid. caption & attorney
113,615. Freddie Gray, a young man arrested by Baltimore City Police, last weekend, has died. (Baltimore & Police & Custody) ibid. news
113,616. The governor sends 2,000 national guardsmen to help police as Baltimore remains under a state of emergency. (Baltimore & Police & Custody) ibid. news
113,617. One week after Freddie Gray’s death, State’s Attorney, Marilyn Mosby, charges six Baltimore police officers. (Baltimore & Police & Custody) ibid. caption
113,618. ‘Not guilty verdict.’ (Baltimore & Police & Custody) ibid. news
63,793. During the period of house arrest, I had an electronic manacle around my leg for 24 hours a day, and for someone who has tried to give others liberty all their adult life, that is absolutely intolerable. (Arrest & Custody) Julian Assange
96,966. It was always at night – the arrests invariably happened at night. The sudden jerk out of sleep, the round hand shaking your shoulder, the lights glaring in your eyes, the ring of hard faces round the bed. In the vast majority of cases there was no trial, no report in the press. People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. (Arrest & Custody) George Orwell, 1984
131,579. The confession was king and police were a law unto themselves. (Kill & Police & Justice & Miscarriages of Justice & Rights & Civil Liberties & Arrest & Confession & Murder Cases & Custody & Law) Catching Britain’s Killers: The Crimes that Changed Us III ***** introduction, BBC 2019
131,580. A miscarriage of justice so shocking it exposes the dark secrets of the police interrogation room and transforms the rights of us all. (Kill & Police & Justice & Miscarriages of Justice & Civil Liberties & Arrest & Confession & Murder Cases & Custody & Law) ibid.
131,581. ‘Establishing time of death is terribly important: it is absolutely vital to get it right or the wrong people could finish up begin conviction.’ (Kill & Police & Justice & Miscarriages of Justice & Rights & Civil Liberties & Arrest & Confession & Murder Cases & Custody & Law) ibid. Dr Cameron
131,582. Radio Times: After the body of Maxwell Confait was found in his south London bedsit in April 1972, three boys were quickly arrested and questioned. Confait had been strangled, and the trio – Colin Lattimore (18) who had learning difficulties, Ronnie Leighton, 15, and Ahmet Salih, 14 – confessed their supposed involvement to police. (Kill & Police & Justice & Miscarriages of Justices & Rights & Civil Liberties & Arrest & Confession & Murder Cases & Custody & Law) ibid.
131,583. In the early 1970s the questioning of a suspect often took place in a cellblock, and with no independent witness, the only version of what was said came from the police themselves. The three boys were taken to Lewisham police station. (Kill & Police & Justice & Miscarriages of Justice & Rights & Civil Liberties & Arrest & Confession & Murder Cases & Custody & Law) ibid.
131,584. All three boys were being tried for arson, but Colin and Ronnie were also standing trial for the murder. They all pleaded their not guilty and protested their innocence. (Kill & Police & Justice & Miscarriages of Justice & Rights & Civil Liberties & Arrest & Confession & Murder Cases & Custody & Law) ibid.
131,585. ‘The confession had been obtained under threats, duress without strong strong evidence … The police behaved badly.’ (Kill & Police & Justice & Miscarriages of Justice & Rights & Civil Liberties & Arrest & Confession & Murder Cases & Custody & Law) ibid. brief
131,586. ‘Colin’s alibi was absolutely superb.’ (Kill & Police & Justice & Miscarriages of Justice & Rights & Civil Liberties & Arrest & Confession & Murder Cases & Custody & Law) ibid.
131,587. Life sentences with no time limit. (Kill & Police & Justice & Miscarriage of Justice & Rights & Civil Liberties & Arrest & Confession & Murder Cases & Custody & Law) ibid.
131,588. The Fisher Inquiry set out to discover how the boys could have confessed to something they didn’t do. (Kill & Police & Justice & Miscarriages of Justice & Rights & Civil Liberties & Arrest & Confession & Murder Cases & Custody & Law) ibid.
131,589. ‘The police were absolutely hostile to being with.’ (Kill & Police & Justice & Miscarriages of Justice & Rights & Civil Liberties & Arrest & Confession & Murder Cases & Custody & Law) ibid. Justice lady
131,590. New evidence emerged January 1980: a prison inmate was overheard discussing his and another inmate’s involvement in the crime. (Kill & Police & Justice & Miscarriages of Justice & Rights & Civil Liberties & Arrest & Confession & Murder Cases & Custody & Law) ibid.
131,591. ‘One of the most serious miscarriages of justice in legal history.’ (Kill & Police & Justice & Miscarriages of Justice & Rights & Civil Liberties & Arrest & Confession & Murder Cases & Law) ibid. BBC news
131,592. The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984: Pace. (Kill & Police & Justice & Miscarriages of Justice & Rights & Civil Liberties & Arrest & Confession & Murder Cases & Custody & Law) ibid. BBC news
131,593. The police culture of a previous era persisted. (Kill & Police & Justice & Miscarriages of Justice & Rights & Civil Liberties & Arrest & Confession & Murder Cases & Custody & Law) ibid. BBC news
131,594. Four years after Pace, a case in Cardiff would publicly expose the dangers of a police service that still chased confessions. On Valentine’s Day 1988 20 year old Lynette White was found stabbed to death in her flat in Butetown near the Cardiff docks. 10 months later her ex-partner Stephen Miller was arrested on suspicion of murder and questioned at Cardiff police station. After five days of interrogation he confessed to Lynette White’s murder … At his trial Miller was found guilty of murder along with two other men both implicated by his taped confession … ‘They’ve become known as the Cardiff 3: serving a prison sentence for life for a murder they say they didn’t commit.’ (Kill & Police & Justice & Miscarriages of Justice & Rights & Civil Liberties & Arrest & Confession & Murder Cases & Law) ibid. television news
134,830. On Monday July 13th [2015: at 8:58 am jailers went to cell 95 and observed Miss Bland hanging from the privacy partition in her cell. (Murder & Suicide & Police & Protest & Hanging & Arrest & Black People & Activism & Texas & Miscarriages of Justice & Racism & Prison & Care & Custody) Say Her Name: The Life & Death of Sandra Bland ***** HBO/Sky Documentaries 2020
134,831. Sandra Bland Rest In Power. Arrested for Traffic Violation: Killed in Police Custody. (Murder & Suicide & Police & Protest & Hanging & Arrest & Black People & Activism & Texas & Miscarriages of Justice & Racism & Prison & Care & Custody) ibid. protest banner
134,832. ‘You just slammed me head into the ground. Don’t you even care about that?’ (Murder & Suicide & Police & Protest & Hanging & Arrest & Black People & Activism & Texas & Miscarriages of Justice & Racism & Prison & Care & Custody) ibid. Bland arrest filmed after rozzers’ assault
134,833. Cell 95: ‘Where she was didn’t have cameras … You have a thirty-gallon trash can in the inmates’ cell that gives her access to a plastic bag. If she was in as much pain as she said she was in, I just don’t see how she could have tired that perfect – very perfect – noose.’ (Murder & Suicide & Police & Protest & Hanging & Arrest & Black People & Activism & Texas & Miscarriages of Justice & Racism & Prison & Care & Custody) ibid. family
134,834. ‘Step out or I will remove you … I’m gonna yank you outta here … You are under arrest … I’m gonna drag you outta there.’ (Murder & Suicide & Police & Protest & Hanging & Arrest & Black People & Activism & Texas & Miscarriages of Justice & Racism & Prison & Care & Custody) ibid.
134,835. ‘That man [arresting rozzer] slapped her. You can hear it.’ (Murder & Suicide & Police & Protest & Activism & Hanging & Arrest & Black People & Activism & Texas & Miscarriages of Justice & Racism & Prison & Care & Custody) ibid. lawyer
134,836. ‘You are about to break my wrist! Can you stop?’ (Murder & Suicide & Police & Protest & Hanging & Arrest & Black People & Activism & Texas & Miscarriages of Justice & Racism & Prison & Care & Custody) ibid. on arrest
134,837. ‘The destruction of evidence on this family when they [rozzers know they [family] were about to bury her. You don’t release a body if there’s more tests that you need on that body.’ (Murder & Suicide & Police & Protest & Hanging & Arrest & Black People & Activism & Texas & Miscarriages of Justice & Racism & Prison & Care & Custody) ibid. lawyer
134,838. ‘I don’t think there’s ever been an issue like this.’ (Murder & Suicide & Police & Protest & Hanging & Arrest & Black People & Activism & Texas & Miscarriages of Justice & Racism & Prison & Care & Custody) ibid. mother
134,839. ‘There are uneducated people who are hell-bent on self-extermination. I am not one of them. I am into building up my kings and queens. So for me, Black Lives Matter. (Murder & Suicide & Police & Protest & Hanging & Arrest & Black People & Activism & Texas & Miscarriages of Justice & Racism & Prison & Care & Custody) ibid. Sandra’s activism
134,840. ‘I am here to change history.’ (Murder & Suicide & Police & Protest & Hanging & Arrest & Black People & Texas & Miscarriages of Justice & Racism & Prison & Care & Custody) ibid.