Monthly Archives: June 2017

[UPDATED] Bristol: 100 YoBikes smashed or gone missing

Bristol was the first city in Europe to get the rental scheme and is acting as a trial before other cities get YoBikes. There are currently 800 YoBikes in Bristol after the scheme was rolled out to great fanfare from … Continue reading

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‘G8 Guude Nacht’ – Rostock Riots 2007

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Meanwhile in ‘prison city’ Germany… co-ordinated national arson attack on ‘capitalism’s central nervous system’

German cops are investigating a string of arson attacks that have paralysed parts of the rail network across the country. Overnight fires at signal boxes and cable ducts caused huge delays on rail routes in and out of Berlin, Hamburg, … Continue reading

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Leicester: ‘Vandal gang’ went on 86 car wrecking rampage

A gang of vandals have been jailed after they went on an all-night wrecking spree, smashing up 86 cars in 21 villages and towns around the Leicester area, during New Years Eve last year. The yobs used knives, a crowbar … Continue reading

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Newcastle: Wild youth involved in roof confrontation with cops escapes court

A wild youth, who brought chaos to a quiet suburban street during an eight-hour stand-off on a roof with cops, bolted from court after being told he was to be locked up. In dramatic scenes, the youth sprinted out of … Continue reading

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London: Riot in Forest Gate after cops kill man during police search

Info is filtering through of a riot last night in Forest Gate, London during a protest at the killing of 25 year old father of one Edir Frederico Da Costa (known as Edson), after he was beaten brutally during a … Continue reading

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‘Automatic Facial Recognition Software’ helps British cops make an arrest

Cops in South Wales have used automatic facial recognition, or AFR, software to identify a suspect and subsequently arrest him, apparently making this the first arrest aided by this technology in prison island. (We at FOTH very much doubt this … Continue reading

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The Submissive Crowd

“All revolutions have failed? Perhaps. But rebellion for good cause is self-justifying – a good in itself. Rebellion transforms slaves into human beings, if only for an hour.” Edward Abbey You can be the most pleasant, easy-going, kind-hearted person, but … Continue reading

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Channel Islands prison is first to use ‘disruptor’ to create drone-proof ‘shield’ around jail

Prison island has become the world’s first to use a new repressive technological system designed to stop drones flying over perimeter walls to drop contraband into prisons. The device creates a 2,000ft (600m) shield around and above a prison that … Continue reading

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Mountjoy Prison, Ireland: Female prisoner scalds four screws

A female prisoner in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin has thrown boiling water over three screws and then in another attack threw a cup of hot tea over another screw. In the first attack the prisoner was attempted to be calmed down … Continue reading

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