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“ICJP issues Serious Crime Prevention Order letter to Met over Great Israeli Real Estate event” by The Canary @palestine@fedibird.com @Palestine@masto.ai @palestine@lemmy.ml @iran @BBC5Live@social.bbc @BBCRadio4@social.bbc @BBCNews@flipboard.com @AlJazeera@flipboard.com “The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (#ICJP), in collaboration with the European Legal Support Center (#ELSC) and Public Interest Law Centre (#PILC), has written to the #MetropolitanPolice asking them to assess the legal issues in relation to a London edition of the #Great #Israeli #RealEstate event under the Serious Crime Act and if appropriate apply for a Serious Crime Prevention Order on 14 June” https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026/06/12/israeli-real-estate-met/ #Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #EradicateZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon

BBC News | Palantir accuses Sadiq Khan of 'putting politics over public safety' after £50m Met deal blocked AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has blocked a £50 million contract that would have let the Metropolitan Police use US tech firm Palantir’s artificial‑intelligence software, arguing the deal raises ethical concerns and may not offer value for money. Palantir’s UK chief Louis Mosley warned that rejecting the technology would “give hostile states and criminals an advantage” and hamper front‑line policing, especially as the force faces officer cuts. The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime said Palantir was the only supplier the Met seriously considered and that the police had failed to submit a proper procurement strategy, a breach of procedure, while also questioning whether the £25 million‑per‑year cost could be met without undue pressure on other budgets. The dispute highlights a broader debate over the balance between political/ethical considerations and public‑safety needs in police procurement. Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wend4lk2no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss #Palantir #SadiqKhan #LouisMosley #MetropolitanPolice #Mopac #PeterThiel #DonaldTrump #PeterKyle

The Guardian | London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with Palantir by Robert Booth UK technology editor AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. London mayor Sadiq Khan has blocked a proposed £50 million deal for the Metropolitan Police to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis, citing a “clear and serious breach” of procurement rules because Scotland Yard engaged only one supplier, risked becoming locked into Palantir’s systems and failed to demonstrate value for money. Mopac warned that the contract created legal and reputational risks and did not meet the required procurement procedures, while the mayor’s office argued that public money should go to companies that share London’s values. The move reflects growing public and political unease about Palantir’s expanding role in UK public services—its £600 million of contracts with the NHS, Ministry of Defence and other police forces, its ties to co‑founder Peter Thiel, the Israeli military and US immigration enforcement, and concerns over its ethics. A recent, unadvertised trial of Palantir AI within the Met, aimed at monitoring staff behaviour, was also criticised for bypassing open competition. Khan’s intervention challenges the Labour government’s push to scale AI in policing, despite praise from other forces that the technology speeds up evidence processing and has aided criminal investigations. Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/21/london-mayor-sadiq-khan-blocks-met-police-deal-with-palantir #SadiqKhan #MetropolitanPolice #Palantir #Mopac #aiartificialintelligence #PeterThiel

Channel 4 News | Grenfell victims told 12-year wait likely for criminal trial by Frances Read AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. The Met Police says that up to 57 individuals and 20 companies could face criminal charges over the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people and was caused by flammable cladding that a public inquiry deemed avoidable. Although the investigation is expected to bring charges as early as next year, a trial is not likely before 2029 – twelve years after the disaster – prompting bereaved families and survivors to call the prolonged wait for justice “unacceptable.” Read more: https://www.channel4.com/news/grenfell-victims-told-12-year-wait-likely-for-criminal-trial #FrancesRead #MetropolitanPolice #GrenfellTower #disaster

“It's official: the [British - my edit] police won't arrest IDF Brits for genocide, but they will arrest you for protesting against it” by Ricky And Council Estate Media on Substack @palestine@fedibird.com @Palestine@masto.ai @palestine@lemmy.ml @uk_politics @UKLabour@mastodon.cloud @BBC5Live@social.bbc @BBCRadio4@social.bbc @BBCNews@flipboard.com @guardian@press.coop @Independent@flipboard.com @thetimes@press.coop “In April 2025, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and the Public Interest Law Centre submitted a 240-page dossier to the #MetropolitanPolice’s #War #Crimes Team. It contained evidence of war crimes carried out by #British #citizens, including the targeted killings of civilians and aid workers, indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, hospitals and protected sites, and forced displacement. [..] Over 70 legal and human rights experts signed a supporting letter urging investigation, but the Met refused, citing ‘no realistic prospect of conviction’” https://open.substack.com/pub/councilestatemedia/p/its-official-the-police-wont-arrest #Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #UK #Starmer #Labour #LaboirFriendsOfGenocide

“The Met [Police] & Judge Jeremy Johnson are Trying to Rig the Filton 6 Retrial” by veteran anti-Zionist campaigner Tony Greenstein in his regular blogpost @uk_politics @UKLabour@mastodon.cloud @palestine@fedibird.com @Palestine@masto.ai @palestine@lemmy.ml @iran @BBC5Live@social.bbc @BBCRadio4@social.bbc @BBCNews@flipboard.com @AlJazeera@flipboard.com “The Jury Aren’t Being Allowed to Know the Context of the Defendant’s Actions, Their Right to Acquit on the Grounds of Conscience Nor that They will be Sentenced, if found Guilty of Criminal Damage, as Terrorists” https://azvsas.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-police-judge-jeremy-johnson-are.html #Press #SocialMedia #UK #Filton6 #Trial #Rig #PalestineAction #MetropolitanPolice #MSM #CorporateMedia #Lies #Johnson #Assange #MI6

The Guardian | London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe review – a compulsive tale of money, lies and avoidable tragedy by Ian Thomson A New Yorker writer traces the web of deceit that led a troubled teenager to his violent death Early one winter morning in November 2019, a surveillance camera at MI6’s headquarters on the Thames registered the silhouette of a young man on the balcony of an apartment complex on the opposite side of the river. It was dark but the fifth-floor balcony was brightly lit. The man seemed to hesitate a moment before he jumped. On the way down his hip struck the embankment wall and, possibly unconscious as he hit the water, he drowned. His body was found five hours later face down in riverbank mud, shirtless and in tracksuit bottoms. The autopsy revealed multiple injuries (including a broken jaw) that were caused either by the fall or by a prior assault; the pathologist was unable to determine which. The Metropolitan police identified the body as that of Zac Brettler, aged 19. He had spent the night he died with a gangland debt collector and drug trafficker named Verinder Sharma. Sharma, 55, said he owned the apartment and allowed Zac to stay with him in the complex rent-free. But phone records and CCTV showed that a third man, Akbar Shamji, had been present that night. A cryptocurrency and real estate trader who lived in Mayfair, Shamji denied any wrongdoing during police interrogation, and continues to maintain his innocence. He stated that Brettler was a compulsive liar who had pretended to be the son of a dead Russian oligarch in order to befriend him and his business associate Sharma. In a further bizarre imposture, Brettler used the alter-ego “Zac Ismailov” and even affected a Russian accent. Shamji could not be arrested on suspicion of murder since he was not in the apartment at the time of the fall. As for Sharma, the M16 camera provided proof that he had not pushed Brettler over the balcony. If these men did not cause the teenager’s death, who did? Continue reading... Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/07/london-falling-by-patrick-radden-keefe-review-a-compulsive-tale-of-money-lies-and-avoidable-tragedy #patrickraddenkeefe #mi6 #metropolitanpolice #mayfair #russianoligarch