Black Lives Matter: Activism and allyship
It is okay to feel overwhelmed right now. It’s been little over a week since the footage of George Floyd…
The knife crime crisis
Joe Pearce discusses the ethical debate around ‘stop and searches’ Knife-crime is a sensitive topic, one often dividing opinion nationally.…
Extinction Rebellion protests banned by police
The Metropolitan Police have issued a statement banning all Extinction Rebellion protests in London, under the Public Order Act.
You are what you wear
Students wearing a police-like uniform were more distracted by images of people wearing hoodies than students wearing mechanic’s overalls. In 2015…
Keep an eye on the police
A research group at the University of Cambridge has found that providing police officers with body-worn reduces complaints against the…
Silencing the student voice: London free education demo
The Free Education Demonstration, which took place in London last Wednesday, attracted a large turnout of student protesters – around…
Track the Campaign – Democracy 2012
For this year’s Track the Campaign, the Badger has joined forces with The Independent newspaper’s valiant Democracy 2015 movement. Carrying…
How should the police handle protests?
There is an unequivocal agreement that the primary role of the police is to uphold and implement law and order.…
A ballot-proof police force?
Last month I received a personal letter from the Home Secretary. It read: Dear Gabriel, I am pleased to…
In politics and protesting, everyone's a loser
I was among the thousands of disaffected students protesting against the Government’s rise in tuition fees in spirit last term;…
Arrest at East Slope fight
Two men sustained head injuries in an incident on East Slope bar on campus. The fight took place on in…
University calls police on students who protest outside Sussex House against university cuts
Last Wednesday 3 March at 12.30pm students occupied Sussex House for five hours in protest against proposed course cuts and…
Police, camera… clean-up!
Dubbed ‘Grimewatch’, police at the John Street station have taken a novel approach to keeping their kitchens clean. Staff were…
‘Careless cyclists’ to blame for own accidents say Sussex Police
Cyclists in Brighton and Hove are to blame for a third of the accidents they are involved in according to…
Student receives £1500 from Thames Valley Police
Jonathan Leighton has received a £1500 out of court settlement and a formal apology from Thames Valley Police after being…
Thoughts on the art of dissent
Two weeks ago, ‘Smash EDO’ protesters blocked off Lewes road as they paraded from the Sussex University campus, and attempted…
Street violence in Brighton
“Students wandering home drunk, being loud and drawing attention to themselves render themselves vulnerable.” West Street, 2am on a Friday…
Chaos as police block anti-war demo
Police use pepper spray, batons and dogs to stop anti-war march First-year student violently arrested on campus Lewes Road closed…
Sussex student raped in Digital club
A nineteen-year-old female Sussex undergraduate was the victim of a serious sexual assault at Digital nightclub in the early hours…