NSW Police shot Western Sydney man Bradley Balzan after stopping him for wearing a hoodie - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2024-03-1…

Revealed: disputed medical terms used to explain dozens of deaths after police restraint in UK theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…

The Bent Bars Project is collecting gender-affirming clothes for trans prisoners in England & Wales. If you have new or good quality second-hand clothing to spare, please consider donating! bentbarsproject.org/news/call-for-…

IOPC director Steve Noonan wants to see a "consistent, standardised approach across police forces" to ensure a child-first approach. But how exactly will they respect the dignity of a half-naked child getting prodded by officers in a custody suite? bbc.co.uk/news/uk-685551…

The government has launched a six-week consultation seeking views over proposed amendments to safeguards for children and vulnerable persons subject to searches involving the exposure of intimate parts. Open to all to respond gov.uk/government/con…

That this came out in the same 24 hours that Israel shut down Al Jazeera and dropped leaflets warning the people sheltering in Rafah, who have nowhere to go, that they must evacuate or die tells us everything about the relationship between liberal rhetoric and mass destruction.

I'm an ARC Future Fellow in Sociology, multi-award winning author of 14 books, former lawyer, an Australian Muslim Palestinian Egyptian intimately connected with grassroots community- and yet in the past 7 months I have had a mere 1 invitation for an interview across all

Do Australian police engage in racial profiling? A method for identifying racial profiling in the absence of police data ⁦Gordana Popovic⁩ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Race Forum at Birkbeck & MA Culture Diaspora Ethnicity Public Lecture The destruction of life in Gaza: Evidence from the ground up by Omar Ferwati & Nour Abuzaid, Forensic Architecture, Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths Tues 11 June 6– 7.30 pm, Birkbeck Free, open to all. Book: bbk.ac.uk/events/event/4…

I was very fortunate to attend last week’s BSC Policing Network ECR writing retreat. Big thank you to the organisers for all their work, and to Anglia Ruskin and British Criminology for their contributions!

I can't believe the institutional violence being leveled at sociology in Goldsmiths. Personal costs to colleagues are primary of course, but the collective attack on such a vital centre of the discipline is something to reckon with collectively too. Solidarity to all affected.

Cop in front of me ordered a hazelnut cold brew and the barista said “look at you fancy” and he got really mad and said “no, I am not” lol

Two UK Police Digital Service leaders arrested on suspicion of fraud and bribery theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

Let’s go Tillies! 🇦🇺 #PARIS2024

I will be talking about my forthcoming book - Resisting State Surveillance in the Digital Age - at *2pm tomorrow* as part of CRISP online seminar series. Details and info on how to join below👇

Brilliant new article, strongly recommend that everyone reads it (it's open access!)

Our Dr Matt Maycock has launched an exciting new Routledge Books series: ‘Studies in Gender & the Criminal Legal System’ The series will enable a body of research that informs debates surrounding gender within & around the criminal legal system More @ tinyurl.com/yt5uk5f7

For those without access to the book, a shorter, accessible version is here. 'The colonial logic of Grenfell' versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/ne… #Grenfell

This is an excellent piece using 'Right Care, Right Person' as an entry-point to assess the role of the police and question what defunding might entail. It's full of examples and will make a great teaching resource, too