Happy #ACABDay to those who are marking this special day!

We need your help to sustain Netpol's work resisting oppressive policing, with £13 a month for 12 months – 13 for 12 –but only if you can afford it https://pay.gocardless.com/BRT000478FPVT8A

"Twas the night before ACAB and in these darkest of hours, all were now ready, with "under what powers"...

Tomorrow is 13/12, #ACABDay, when we need your help during our winter fundraiser to sustain Netpol's work with a pledge to donate £13 a month for 12 months - but only if you can afford it.

If you can't, please share our #12DaysofACAB posts over on Bluesky instead https://bsky.app/hashtag/12DaysofACAB

Front page of this morning's 'The National'.

"Extreme Violence – Police Scotland used excessive restrictions to protect the interests of arms firms during Palestine protests, says new report".

The SCALP/Netpol report launches this evening in Glasgow

One of the only protest-related amendments to Labour’s Crime and Policing Bill proposes the creation of a “statutory right to protest”.

Here's why we think this is a bad idea - one that could inadvertently make matters even worse than they already are https://netpol.org/2025/05/21/the-case-against-a-statutory-right-to-protest/