A vigil will be held on Queen Square this Saturday as part of a national day of action in memory of Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old black man shot dead by London’s Met police. Kaba was unarmed when he was killed by a single bullet shot by a firearms officer following a traffic stop and short car chase in Streatham Hill on September 5. The officer … Continue reading Vigil for Chris Kaba, killed by police
Hong Kongers living in Bristol gathered on College Green for a mass demonstration against the ongoing interference of China in Hong Kong’s self-governance. Continue reading Hong Kong uprising remembered at College Green demonstration
This is part one of a two-part series looking back on one year of Kill The Bill in Bristol and asking what lessons can be learned and what questions remain unanswered. Part two is available here. On 21 March 2021 Bristol experienced its first, explosive protest against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill. One year on 12 people are in prison and dozens … Continue reading Kill The Bill: One Year On – Part 1
This is the second part of a two-part series looking at the legacy of Bristol’s Kill The Bill movement one year after the first protest. You can read part 1 here. Protests continued weekly throughout March and into April. Following the appalling events of March 21 and 23 both protesters and police were wary of one another, and although relations thawed over time there were … Continue reading Kill The Bill: One Year On – Part 2
Senior figures at Bristol Cathedral have issued a public statement implicitly criticising the policing of a Kill The Bill protest on College Green on March 23 this year. The statement follows a public meeting in June at which Bristol Quaker David Mowat brought representatives of Bristol Cathedral, who own College Green, together with protesters who were there on March 23 to hear the testimonies of … Continue reading Bristol Cathedral Comments on Police Violence Against Kill The Bill Protesters
Saturday’s Kill The Bill protest ended with a show of force from Avon & Somerset Police. After the main Kill The Bill protest, Bristol’s thirteenth, had ended on College Green at around 21:30, a small group of around 50 protesters marched back through the centre and to a squatted building on High Street. Here they stood in the road and outside the squatted building, which … Continue reading Heavy-Handed Policing at May Day Kill The Bill Protest
Violence was brought to the streets of Bristol again on Tuesday 23rd March as police used force to dismantle a peaceful encampment on College Green. The camp, which was part of the wider Kill the Bill protests against the Police, Crimes, Sentencing and Courts Bill, had been intended to raise awareness about how the rights of Travellers would be curtailed by the Bill. Protestors at … Continue reading Hostile Treatment From Police in Second Night of Unrest
A demonstration gathered on College Green tonight, 20th March, to share rage at the murder of Sarah Everard and the ongoing state of violence against women. Around 100 people gathered over the 45 minute event, which was not organized but emerged spontaneously, to take part in expressions of rage and anger by screaming together. When asked why she was taking part, one demonstrator said ‘it’s … Continue reading “I’m So Fucking Full of Rage!” Women Make Their Voices Heard on College Green
