COPS campaign

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Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance, an alliance of people spied on by the #spycops of Britain's political secret police.

Leaflet being distributed in Peterborough about Andy Coles's spycop career, headed NOT FIT FOR PUBLIC OFFICE
Mark Jenner playing Subbuteo
A promotional flyer for the protest. An image of a police officer wearing a mask at the top, and the logos for Police Spies Out of Lives and Campaign Opposing Police surveillance at the bottom. In between there is text which says: Protest: Demand Truth & Justice at the Spycops Inquiry The public inquiry into Britain’s political secret police is about to resume. The new hearings will examine some of the most controversial abuses. The families of Stephen Lawrence and Ricky Reel were spied on for wanting the truth about their murdered sons. They will give evidence, along with women deceived into relationships and the spycops who did it all. Join the spied-on outside the hearings to demand truth and justice. Friday 17 October, 9 a.m. International Dispute Resolution Centre, St Paul's Churchyard, London EC4M 7BQ
The spycop known as Lynn Watson, a young white woman with short dark hair smiling at the camera
The spycop known as Rod Richardson, a young white man with a skinhead haircut doing DIY
The spycop known as Marco Jacobs, a young white man with long dark hair and shades on his head
Spycop Mark Kennedy, locked to the gate of Hartlepool nucelar power station while undercover in an environmental activist protest group
Screenshot of Peterborough City Council post on Facebook declaring that independent candidate Kevin Tighe has won Barnack ward.
A leaflet being pushed through the letterbox of Barnack Village Hall and Parish Council. The leaflet says 'disgraced ex-police officer Andy Coles gives contradictory evidence to public inquiry about sex with teenager.' At the top is the logo of the Metropolitan Police, at the bottom the logos of Peterborough City Council and the Conservative Party. Near the bottom is a quote from David Barr KC, counsel to the Undercover Policing Inquiry, saying 'is the reality that your evidence is all over the place because it's simply not true?'
Double page colour spread in The Times. The headline is 'One bad apple? It was a whole rotten barrel'. The subheader says 'Meet the women who exposed one of Britain's biggest police scandals'. There is a large studio portrait photo of three middle-aged women looking sombre, confident and perhaps a tiny bit menacing.
Screenshot of Guardian headline: "Ex-undercover officer who infiltrated political groups resigns from academic posts. Bob Lambert, who fathered a child with an activist, quits part-time posts at St Andrews and London Metropolitan universities."
Screenshot of Guardian headline from 2017: "Cambridgeshire deputy police commissioner resigns over spy claims. Andy Coles accused of deceiving political activist into forming a sexual relationship while he was an undercover officer."
Spycop HN 1 'Matt Rayner' with a dog, near the end of his undercover deployment, 1996
Spycop HN 1 'Matt Rayner' leafleting while undercover, 1990s
Spycop HN 1 'Matt Rayner' while undercover in 1994.