: FIT not authorised to monitor NoBorders Meeting

Forward Intelligence Team was not authorised to monitor NoBorders Meeting.
Protesters acquitted in Crown Court.
http://london.noborders.org.uk/node/369


While showing you this link to a more recent descision .... I though I'd show you some of the story so far .....  

The Wood case found that policemen have to have sommat todo with suspecting  crime etc ...NOT just distastful politics [to them!]

Wood - and - Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis
England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2009/414.html
this case in issues surrounding the surveillance of memebers of Campaign against Arms Trade ('CAAT') at the Arms Fair.

Telegraph Law Reports about this case
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/lawreports/2075179/WOOD-v-COMMISSIONER-OF-POLICE-OF-THE-METROPOLIS.html

How many photographs are held by the NPOIU and what action did the unit take following the ruling of Wood v Commissioner of the Metropolis 2009?
http://www.netcu.org.uk/media/responses/photos.jsp

FITwatch  http://fitwatch.org.uk

And ... you see... these things don't just happen in far away London.  There are many case of un-necessary surveillance operations here in Nottingham. Here is just a couple:

Nottingham Surveillance at Demo at Heckler & Koch weapons manufacturers HQ
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/05/398414.html

Fossil Fools Blockade E.On Offices Surveillance and Specialist Equipment
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/04/395429.html