Lawyer & Associate Professor researching policing, criminal law & procedure, inequality, counter-terrorism & security in UK & US. On Bluesky with same username.
Birmingham, England
Joined October 2012
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My new Op Ed for @policypress's Transforming Society Blog: 'Reducing the disproportionate policing of Black children', highlighting research from my new book 'Police Diversity: Beyond The Blue'. transformingsociety.co.uk/20…
Trump administration backs off mandate addressing housing segregation and discrimination | CNN Business cnn.com/2025/03/11/business/…
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Pete Hegseth to overhaul US military lawyers in effort to relax rules of war | Trump administration | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2025…
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Rodrigo Duterte: Philippines ex-leader Duterte arrested on ICC warrant over drug killings - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9y…
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Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order | US news | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2025…
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D.C. U.S. attorney tells Georgetown he won’t hire from any school with ‘DEI’ - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
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Mayor signals Washington DC will rename Black Lives Matter Plaza after federal funding threat | The Independent independent.co.uk/news/world…
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New Trump travel ban could bar Afghans, Pakistanis from entering the U.S. as soon as next week, sources say | #bias #Islamophobia #law reuters.com/world/us/new-tru…
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Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Department of Veterans Affairs| AP News apnews.com/article/veterans-…
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US civil service board reinstates thousands of fired USDA employees | Reuters reuters.com/world/us/us-civi…
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Breaking: US Supreme Court tells Trump to pay out $2 billion to USAID after rejecting his bid to pause spending. High court’s ruling clears the way for nearly $2 billion in foreign aid funding to be released independent.co.uk/news/world…
Revealed: how Wall Street is making millions betting against green laws | Investor-state dispute settlement | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/…
Where Being Gay Is Punishable by Death, Aid Cuts Are ‘Heartbreaking’. Uganda’s #LGBTQ population was already struggling to cope with the fallout of a harsh anti-gay law when the disruption of U.S. aid put people at even greater risk. | #HumanRights #law | nytimes.com/2025/03/04/world…
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US Treasury Department says it will not enforce anti-money laundering law | Reuters reuters.com/world/us/us-trea…
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U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World - The New York Times nytimes.com/2025/02/27/healt…
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UK awarded its lowest ranking for workplace gender equality in a decade | Gender | The Guardian | theguardian.com/world/2025/m…
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Supreme Court asked to block Mexican lawsuit against U.S. gun companies - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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Lawsuit Against Panama Challenges Detention of Trump Deportees. Lawyers accused Panama of violating the rights of people deported from the US under Trump administration’s policy of sending migrants to cooperative Latin American nations. | #HumanRights #law nytimes.com/2025/03/01/world…
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Trump signs executive order designating English as official language of US | Trump administration | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2025…
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Neo-Nazi rally spurs armed watch by Black Lincoln Heights, Ohio, residents - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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