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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 3m

David Morris recaps McLibel and the longest libel case in British history between @helensteel12 and himself against @McDonalds that was targeted by #spycops from the very start (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 3m

Dave Morris is delivering an opening statement as one of the McLibel 2, he starts by showing solidarity with the other core participants. He quotes the Met Police opening statement that #spycops were dysfunctional (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 3m

Ifeanyi Odogwu has now finished, John Mitting thanks him and calls Dave Morris to give his opening statement #spycops (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 18m

The Lawrence family had done nothing themselves to justify #spycops targeting. They were not engaged in violence, crime, disorder or subversion; the police materials themselves proceed on that footing. (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 18m

#spycops officers helped in formulating the Met Police position on key strategic issues in relation to the Macpherson Inquiry. With records stating that“DI Richard Walton of CO24 receives ad hoc off-the-record briefings from SDS” (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 28m

Unsure why, by my tiktok live didn't record during the afternoon break at the #spycops inquiry, but the facebook live did, so here's that (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 39m

Powertful presentation by Rajiv Menon on behalf of @DuwayneBrooks at #spycops Inquiry on how yet again he's being asked to recount what happened to him while HN81 is allowed to not give evidence. It's just not justice. (@PeterSalmon7)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 49m

According to the #spycops report of 93/94 it was the victims of racist violence and the anti-racists who posed the greater public order threat than the perpetrators of racist violence and the far right. (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 49m

... team. (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 49m

Dwayne Brooks is willing to give oral evidence and assist the inquiry. However, he is not prepared to do so until he has been given full disclosure of all the #spycops reporting about him and has had sufficient time to digest the material and give instructions to his legal ...

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 49m

Dwayne Brooks is incensed that the inquiry has asked him and others to provide witness statements and give oral evidence before seeing all the #spycops reporting about them (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 59m

At least two #spycops officer HN43 Peter Francis and HN81 ‘David Hagan’ were tasked to target Dwayne Brooks by HN86 and HN85 Roger Pierce (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 59m

Rajiv Menon is listing the many achievements of Dwayne Brooks and how he is essentially been a model citizen #spycops (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 1h

Technical Difficulties strike again at the #spycops inquiry, unclear if that was an issue for John Mitting or just us watching on the stream (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 1h

In each of these stories of #spycops targeting, the same question arises, what kind of police force targets grieving families and those seeking justice. (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 1h

Leslie Thomas introduces Mark Metcalf who was involved in the Colin Roach Centre which was targeted by #spycops officer Mark Jenner. Notably Jenner's reporting constantly raises the spectre of violence without it ever occurring. (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 1h

The Defendants Information Service (DIS) was formed by Dr Graham Smith and others in 1994. Running a database of police officers who lacked credibility and whose evidence was rejected by the courts, it was targeted by #spycops officer Mark Jenner (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 1h

Winston's brother George Silcott, and friend Delroy Lindo and Stafford Scott were spied on by #spycops officers HN5 John Dines, HN25 "Kevin Douglas", HN43 Peter Francis, HN78 Trevor Morris, HN81 "Dave Hagen" and HN90 "Mark Kerry" (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 1h

In 1987 Winston Silcott, along with Mark Braithwait and Engin Raghip, was convicted of the murder of PC Keith Blakelock. their convictions were quashed in 1991 #spycops (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 1h

Here's @tombfowler's report from the lunch break of today's #spycops inquiry hearing, having just heard from lawyers representing women deceived into relationships & the ex-wife of officer Mark Jenner about his double life (@copscampaign.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 1h

Lee Lawrence was spied upon by #spycops HN33 cover name Lee Bonser in the 1980s, then 15 years later was spied upon HN81 Dave Hagan on Lee's trial and acquittal after intervening in a racist attack (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 1h

Leslie Thomas points out the numerous factual inaccuracies in the #spycops reports by HN81 Dave Hagan with false claims of infighting between factions (@tombfowler.bsky.social)

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 1h

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The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 1h

Leslie Thomas introduces Bernard Renwick, the brother of Roger Sylvester who was killed as a result of prolonged restraint by eight police officers in January 1999, within a week, his family was being spied on by #spycops officer HN81 cover name Dave Hagan. ...

The #SpyCopsBot @spycopsbot.bsky.social · 1h

https://bbk.ac.uk/events/event/54212/undercover-policing-of-the-left-1968-1982-subversives-under-the-lens… #spycops (@bristolnoborder)