Undercover

Un haut responsable de la police met en garde contre l'embrigadement des jeunes dans l'extrémisme violent alors qu'Alfie Coleman est reconnu coupable De plus en plus de jeunes sont attirés par le monde de l'extrémisme violent, a averti un haut responsable de la police, alors qu'un jeune néonazi a été reconnu coupable d'avoir planifié une fusillade de masse après avoir été piégé par une opération d'infiltration du MI5. Alfie Coleman, ancien employé de supermarché de Great Notley dans l'Essex, a dressé une liste de haine de collègues et de clients qu'il a affublés d'insultes raciales ou qualifiés de « traîtres à la race ». Il a rédigé un « manifeste » dans un journal et identifié des cibles potentielles, notamment le « lord mayor of London » et une mosquée. Lire la suite...

Conviction revealed during questioning of Rob Hastings about a second woman whom he deceived into intimate relationshipAn undercover officer who deceived a woman into an intimate relationship was later convicted and dismissed from the police for assaulting his long-term partner, the public inquiry into undercover policing has heard.Rob Hastings, who infiltrated pro-Palestinian and left wing protest groups for three years during his covert deployment, was convicted of assaulting his now ex-partner and mother of his three children in 2014. He was sacked by the Metropolitan police for gross misconduct as a result. Continue reading...

Officer said he held himself responsible for accidentally phoning activist while in secret special branch meetingAn undercover police officer has admitted he was exposed as an infiltrator by his own blunder, which has been described by activists as worthy of Inspector Clouseau, the spycops public inquiry has heard.The officer, who used the fake name Simon Wellings, jeopardised his own covert deployment by mistakenly recording himself discussing individual campaigners with other special branch officers. Continue reading...