Angela Rayner’s advice to Met police misses target
Letters: Peter Martindale and Mike Harris deride the deputy Labour leader’s suggestions on law and order
October 2021
Hundreds march to remember those who died in state custody
Annual memorial procession through London calls out names of growing number of people who died at hands of state
October 2020
Ultraviolence: the shocking, brutal film about deaths in police custody
Two decades ago the police tried to silence Ken Fero’s fearless documentary Injustice. Twenty years later, his follow-up is filled with even more pain and outrage
February 2019
Cressida Dick says death of Jean Charles de Menezes stayed with her
The Met commissioner talks on Desert Island Discs of trauma after 2005 shooting of Brazilian man
June 2017
Looking for accountability and consistency over police shootings
Letters: Nik Wood says the pattern of IPCC and CPS failings to hold to account police officers involved in shootings causes much concern
April 2017
New Met chief to attend PC Keith Palmer funeral on her first day in role
Cressida Dick: the Met’s new commissioner needs her wits about her
February 2017
First thoughts
Can Cressida Dick win over the public? Yes, if she’s learned from her mistakes
Mary Dejevsky
The first female head of the Metropolitan police takes her post with the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes still casting a shadow
De Menezes family call for Cressida Dick to be barred from leading Met
Family of Brazilian shot dead in police operation led by Dick say she should not be in running to be force’s next commissioner
UK police shootings fail to inspire confidence
Letters: While armed police shoot and kill with complete impunity, public trust will always be limited
May 2016
Police chiefs struggling to recruit armed officers over conviction fears
Too few officers are willing to carry a gun to tackle a Paris-style attack through concerns they will be treated as criminal suspects
April 2016
Policing jihadi terrorism requires accountability all round
Letters: The De Menezes verdict questions our safeguards against the abuse of power in the face of terror – as in its way does the radicalisation of four Brighton teenagers
March 2016
Jean Charles de Menezes: family lose fight for police officers to be prosecuted
Who was Jean Charles de Menezes?
Jean Charles de Menezes ruling due in European court of human rights
The Office for Police Conduct must be a watchdog with teeth
Jenny Jones
December 2015
Where the law stands on police shootings
Letters: The law is already framed around police officers’ perception of threat rather than the actual threat. Any review should be focused on the quality of the investigation
November 2015
Shoot-to-kill won’t make us safe from terror – just sorry
Gary Younge
Pause for thought on shoot-to-kill policy in the wake of Paris attacks
June 2015
Jean Charles de Menezes arguments heard in Strasbourg
Case against Metropolitan police over killing of Brazilian electrician in 2005 reaches European court of human rights
