Spycop HN85 Roger Pearce 'Roger Thorley' infiltrated anarchist groups 1979-84. He gave evidence to the spycops public inquiry in July 2024. The Inquiry hasn't posted video of him being questioned on its YouTube channel, so we've posted it on ours.
Thorley wrote anti-police articles while undercover. Afterwards he became a Special Branch manager before retiring in 2003 to write awful novels.
S P Y C O P S
The Graphic Novel
An introduction & historical context
By Glenn Hustler
Publisher Ko-Fi
https://ko-fi.com/s/e8649c46b3
Review
https://organisemagazine.org.uk/2025/03/06/spycops-burn-after-reading/
Undercover Policing Inquiry
https://www.ucpi.org.uk/
Police Spies Out Of Lives
https://policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/
Campaign opposing Police Surveillance
https://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/
Undercover Research
https://powerbase.info/index.php/UndercoverResearch_Portal
#BooksOfMastodon #Spycops
#art #graphicnovels #Illustration #GlennHustler
More than 100 spied-on individuals & groups have told the #spycops public inquiry they won't be giving evidence unless they're given more time. The Inquiry has delayed its next hearings by 7 months, but is keeping witnesses to earlier impossible deadlines
Before watching the next episodes of ‘The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed', this article brings you up to speed.
#PoliceSpiesOutOfLives say "We are very happy to have a big article about our #spycops doc in today’s The Times magazine."
In particular, Lisa's story relates to Mark Kennedy, embedded at #Nottingham #SumacCentre 2003-2010.
Join us for the screenings and discussion at Sumac Centre's #Spycops Info Hub at 7.30 on Wed 12th & Thurs 13th March
Helen Steel was 22 when she fell in love with John Barker. Except he wasn't real - he was actually Special Demonstration Squad officer John Dines who'd stolen the identity of a boy who'd died of leukaemia aged 8.
They were living together, then John suddenly disappeared. Helen knew something wasn't right and did pioneering detective work that brought the spycops scandal out into the light.
https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/tricked-sexual-relationship-undercover-policeman-3560318
Revealed: at least 25 UK ‘spy cops’ had sex with deceived members of public. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/02/revealed-at-least-25-uk-spy-cops-sexual-relations-deceived-women #spycops
"It's almost like he believes in his own lies" - at the end of the day of the #spycops public inquiryquestioning officer HN1 'Matt Rayner', incisive analysis & comment from Liz Fuller who he deceived into a relationship while undercover
#OnThisDay in London #spycops history, 1975: Builders working on the Communist Party HQ in King Street find a bugging device hidden in a wall they’re taking down.
This is hugely important relating to a miscarriage of justice brought about by an undercover cop #spycops .
If anyone doesn't know what's going on, undercover police infiltrated animal rights, workers and green groups over years.
Follow @copscampaign , or the #spycops
#spycops Inquiry currently discussing the day the #GrandNational was cancelled in 1993. Some of those that 'ran on' causing false starts resulting in the race being abandoned were driven to Aintree by 'Matt Raynor', another #spycop who stole the identity of a dead child. The Inquiry refused to disclose his true identity.
£75 million in bets had to be returned (£150million today).
"You Bet They Die" runs the slogan, but none died that day
Anfang 2020 und über mehr als zwei Jahre hinweg infiltrierten mindestens vier Polizist*innen soziale Bewegungen in Katalonien. Die #Spycops gehörten zur selben Klasse einer Polizeischule.
Über diese #Infiltrats3cat gibt es nun einen Dokumentarfilm:
https://www.3cat.cat/3cat/infiltrats/video/6319194/
„As the #spycops inquiry waits for its final day of evidence from Bob Lambert (at least, as a spycop - he'll be back next year for questioning about his time as a manager), Tom Fowler talks to Eveline Lubbers of the Undercover Research Group about Lambert's evidence.“
Eveline Lubbers arbeitet seit Jahrzehnten zum Thema #Überwachung, ein Leuchtturm auf diesem Gebiet und viel zu unbekannt:
#PoliceSpiesOutOfLives say:
"At #spycops inquiry again today hearing further evidence from Helen Steel who will have to deal w/ more fictional reports by Bob Lambert. Hopefully, details yesterday from Jacqui about Lambert’s manipulation & lies will have helped the Chair see who’s the truth-teller here."
@copscampaign adds:
"There is no public live-stream today, so the best way to follow the #spycops inquiry is via twitter (sorry) incl reaction videos by @tombfowler"
Our Mastodon trial is ongoing.
We could also try Bluesky.
With the diversity from #spycops to #vegan, from Tombfowler to _VB78_, we may maintain our relevance on twitter at @Veggiesnottm . I'm with @georgemonbiot on not ceding territory to those intent on the collapse of civilisation.
Nevertheless there are good people on the more ethical, open-source, self-hosted social media networks, such as Mastodon,
including @EarthFirstUK
@greennet @debbiev62 @Freedom_Press
@greengathering
And more
Off to give my witness testimony for the #spycops investigation https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p0h396j9?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3hVOMqnAmiPoXgtclK9imQAXW3MgV3n0qGnRT_cjsEwkIgmFtM-PJX-o0_aem_2x9EONiInHQuwL1AxTc0fA
Can a Garrick member chair an inquiry into police sexism fairly? I have my doubts | Alison https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/28/garrick-club-police-sexism-sir-john-mitting-women?CMP=share_btn_url
If your first thought when you hear that a company that makes computers and writes curricula that trains kids how to use computers proudly hired a spy cop and gave the middle finger to those who raised ethical concerns is to defend the company and the spy cop in question, you should take a moment, stop what you’re doing, and give yourself a firm slap in the face.
It won’t change anything but it’ll make me feel better at least.
Oh, and it wasn’t an “oops, we hired a spy cop by mistake, we’re sorry” either. It was a “we hired a spy cop, fuck your feelings.”
