The Runneymede Bulletin: Who, where and why
Reference: BG/P/18/1/99
This document, 'The Runnymede Bulletin: Who, where and why' from March 1995, presents detailed data and analysis on police stop and search practices across…
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Parliamentary q&a and figures on deaths in police custody
Reference: BG/P/18/1/99
This document presents a parliamentary question and answer session from March 1996 focusing on deaths in police custody within the Metropolitan Police District, including…
Parliamentary question and answer on cost of Operation Eagle Eye
Reference: BG/P/18/1/99
This document records a parliamentary question posed by Bernie Grant in 1996 regarding the financial expenditure on Operation Eagle Eye, a Metropolitan Police initiative.…
Handwritten calculations of costs of arrests
Reference: BG/P/18/1/99
This document contains handwritten calculations estimating the financial costs associated with arrests over several years in the mid-1990s. It reflects an analysis of arrest…
Chris Mullin MP figures of police damages to victims amounting more than £10,000
Reference: BG/P/18/1/96
This document is a 1995 letter from Chris Mullin MP addressing claims against the Metropolitan Police resulting in damages payments over £10,000 during 1993-94.…
Letter to Commander David Gilbertson from Bernie Grant February 1996
Reference: BG/P/18/1/96
This is a letter written by Bernie Grant, a prominent Labour MP, to Commander David Gilbertson of the Metropolitan Police in February 1996. In…
Statement on Stop and Search by Bernie Grant
Reference: BG/P/18/1/96
This document is a statement by Bernie Grant, a prominent Black British MP, addressing the misuse of police Stop and Search powers and its…
Letter to Bernie Grant from Commander David Gilbertson February 1996
Reference: BG/P/18/1/96
This letter, dated February 1996, is from Commander David Gilbertson of the Metropolitan Police Service to Bernie Grant MP. It addresses policing leadership changes…
Bernie Grant parliamentary question on 89% stop and searches not resulting in arrest
This document is a written parliamentary question submitted by Bernie Grant regarding the Metropolitan Police's stop and search practices. Grant questions the purpose of…
Bernie Grant parliamentary question on ethnic minorities stopped and searched
This document records a parliamentary question posed by Bernie Grant concerning the collection of data on ethnic minorities stopped and searched by police in…
Letter to B H Skitt to Bernie Grant regarding providing the stop and search figures
Reference: BG/P/18/1/146
This document is a letter dated 27 June 1995 from BH Skitt, Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, addressed to MP Bernie Grant. It…
Stop and search figures 1994
Reference: BG/P/7/4
This document presents stop and search figures from 1994 within the Metropolitan Police District, focusing on areas such as Tottenham and Haringey. It highlights…
The Voice: MPs calls for an end to stop and search “discrimination”
Reference: BG/P/4/7/4
This 1995 article from The Voice highlights MP Bernie Grant's challenge to the Metropolitan Police over the disproportionate stop and search of Black Londoners.…
Letter to Bernie Grant from Paul Condon July 1995
Reference: BG/P/18/1
This is a letter dated 4 July 1995 from Paul Condon, then Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, addressed to Bernie Grant MP. The letter…
Scots the Difference? Press release from Bernie Grant
Reference: BG/P/14/2/9
This press release from Bernie Grant, dated December 6, 1996, highlights his call for the return of African artefacts held in British museums. Marking…
The Voice; ‘take the money and run’ 5th October 1993
Reference: BG/P/6/1/7
This 1993 article from The Voice features MP Bernie Grant discussing the controversial topic of voluntary repatriation for Black people in Britain. Grant acknowledges…
Steel Pulse letter to commemorate Joy Gardner
Reference: BG/ARM/3/1/1
This document is a letter from Steel Pulse's management dated September 29, 1993, addressed to Mrs. Simpson via Bernie Grant's office. The letter expresses…
The British Museum PR ‘The return of ‘cultural property”
Reference: BG/ARM//16/5/27
This document is a 1994 statement from the British Museum's Press and Public Relations office addressing ongoing demands for the return of cultural property…
ARM aims and objectives
Reference: BG/ARM/4/4
This document outlines the aims and objectives of the Africa Reparations Movement (ARM) in the UK. ARM is an organisation dedicated to seeking reparations…
Return the Benin Bronzes
Reference: BG/ARM/4/4
This document is a flyer announcing a demonstration calling for the return of the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. The protest was scheduled to take…
Why ARM is picketing
Reference: BG/ARM/4/4
This document explains why the African Reparations Movement (A.R.M.) is picketing, focusing on the 1897 British invasion of Benin City in present-day Nigeria. It…
Papers presented at the world conference on reparations to Africa and Africans in the diaspora
Reference: BG/ARM/5/1/1
This document contains papers presented at the World Conference on Reparations to Africa and Africans in the Diaspora, held in Lagos, Nigeria, in December…
International Public Inquiry: the looting of the Ethiopian church by the British Army
Reference: BG/ARM/16/5/31
This document announces an International Public Inquiry held in 1996 at Lambeth Town Hall to investigate the looting of Ethiopian Church treasures by the…
Letter to Bernie Grant regarding visit to Ethiopia
Reference: BG/ARM/16/5/31
This is a letter dated 29 July 1996 from the Ethiopian World Federation to Bernie Grant MP. It discusses a recent visit to Ethiopia…
