N81: Profile from the Ellison Report - Revision history

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Eveline: /* List of campaigns the MfJ may have had access to. */

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List of campaigns the MfJ may have had access to.

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Justice for Ricky Reel campaign

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Update: N81's cover name: 'Dave Hagan' - active in the Movement for Justice

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	::Oscar Okoye was a black man went into a coma after being arrested by Streatham police and put in custody on 14 June 1996. He subsequently died in hospital on 11 November 1996; the death was ruled to be of natural causes.<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199697/cmhansrd/vo970220/text/70220w25.htm Mr. Oscar Okoye (Death) - statement of Mr Maclean, Secretary of State for the Home Department], ''Hansard / Parliament UK'', 20 Feb 1997, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref> <ref>[http://www.irr.org.uk/news/black-deaths-in-custody/ Black Deaths in Custody], ''Institute of Race Relations'', last updated: 19 February 2004, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref> The MfJ would work with his family and others to build a campaign, which included Oscar's son establishing a branch of MfJ at Lewisham college.<ref>Nwando Okoye, [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/justice/Father.htm My Father died in police custody], ''Movement for Justice'', undated, accessed 25 November 2014.</ref>		::Oscar Okoye was a black man went into a coma after being arrested by Streatham police and put in custody on 14 June 1996. He subsequently died in hospital on 11 November 1996; the death was ruled to be of natural causes.<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199697/cmhansrd/vo970220/text/70220w25.htm Mr. Oscar Okoye (Death) - statement of Mr Maclean, Secretary of State for the Home Department], ''Hansard / Parliament UK'', 20 Feb 1997, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref> <ref>[http://www.irr.org.uk/news/black-deaths-in-custody/ Black Deaths in Custody], ''Institute of Race Relations'', last updated: 19 February 2004, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref> The MfJ would work with his family and others to build a campaign, which included Oscar's son establishing a branch of MfJ at Lewisham college.<ref>Nwando Okoye, [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/justice/Father.htm My Father died in police custody], ''Movement for Justice'', undated, accessed 25 November 2014.</ref>
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−	~~'''1997: Sengul Family Must Stay Campaign'''~~
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−	::In November 1997, the MfJ run a campaign to stop the deportation of Hakki Sengul, a Kurd, to northern Cyprus. Several attempted to deport him had failed and he was transferred to Campsfield detention centre. MfJ activists also worked on other issues involving Campsfield in 1997.<ref>[http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/justice/Sengul.htm Sengul Family must stay!], ''Movement for Justice'', undated, accessed 25 November 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/justice/Camps.htm Close Down Campsfield detention Centre], ''Movement for Justice'', undated, accessed 25 November 2014.</ref><ref>Kamal Prashar, [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/justice/Camps.htm Close Down Campsfield detention Centre], ''Movement for Justice'', undated, accessed 25 November 2014.</ref>

	'''1997: Anti-BNP mobilisation'''		'''1997: Anti-BNP mobilisation'''

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−	{{Undercover_Police_Officer_sidebar\|Name='N81'\|Alias=''Dave Hagan''\|Series=undercover police officers\|Image=~~Male_silhouette~~.png\|Unit=Special Demonstration Squad\|DatesDeployed=1996-2001\|Targets=Black & family justice campaigns, Movement for Justice; Socialist Workers Party, Class War, Movement Against the Monarchy.}}	+	{{Undercover_Police_Officer_sidebar\|Name='N81'\|Alias=''Dave Hagan''\|Series=undercover police officers\|Image=Dave Hagen 1.png\|Unit=Special Demonstration Squad\|DatesDeployed=1996-2001\|Targets=Black & family justice campaigns, Movement for Justice; Socialist Workers Party, Class War, Movement Against the Monarchy.}}

	N81 is the code-name given to a Metropolitan police officer, who served undercover with the [[Special Demonstration Squad]] (SDS) from 1996 to around 2001/2; his handler was [[Bob Lambert]]. He infiltrated a political group in London involved in the campaigns around the Stephen Lawrence murder. Furthermore, he - or another unnamed SDS undercover officer - appears to have been active in a group close to Duwayne Brooks, friend of Stephen Lawrence and with him at the moment of the racist attack. It has since emerged that the Lawrence family was not the only black justice campaign that was spied upon.<ref>[http://www.tmg-uk.org/reel-family-demand-an-apology-from-the-met-police-and-robust-inquiry-into-police-spying/ Reel family demand an apology from the Met Police and robust inquiry into police spying], ''The Monitoring Group'', 14 July 2014, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref>		N81 is the code-name given to a Metropolitan police officer, who served undercover with the [[Special Demonstration Squad]] (SDS) from 1996 to around 2001/2; his handler was [[Bob Lambert]]. He infiltrated a political group in London involved in the campaigns around the Stephen Lawrence murder. Furthermore, he - or another unnamed SDS undercover officer - appears to have been active in a group close to Duwayne Brooks, friend of Stephen Lawrence and with him at the moment of the racist attack. It has since emerged that the Lawrence family was not the only black justice campaign that was spied upon.<ref>[http://www.tmg-uk.org/reel-family-demand-an-apology-from-the-met-police-and-robust-inquiry-into-police-spying/ Reel family demand an apology from the Met Police and robust inquiry into police spying], ''The Monitoring Group'', 14 July 2014, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref>

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 For both Ellison and the related work of [[Operation Herne]] the investigation was hampered by an apparent policy within the SDS of not keeping records, which made them reliant on interviews in many cases<ref>Mark Ellison, [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stephen-lawrence-independent-review The Stephen Lawrence Independent Review], ''UK Government'', 6 March 2014, Vol. 1, p.201</ref> and thus on what police officers involved remembered - or chose to remember. This reconstruction below is based on a careful reading of both the official reviews, fine-combing them for details and re-assembling the collected information into a narrative that gives a first picture of N81's tour of duty.
-In April 2018, the Undercover Policing Inquiry released the cover name of N81: 'David Hagan', and said he targeted not just the Movement for Justice, but also the Socialist Workers Party, Class War and the Movement Against the Monarchy.<ref>[https://www.ucpi.org.uk/cover-names/ Cover names], ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', updated 17 April 2018. See also their tweet of same day: [https://twitter.com/ucpinquiry/status/986169134600908800 Cover name released: “David Hagan”. Groups: Socialist Workers Party, Class War, Movement Against the Monarchy, Movement for Justice. 1996 – 2001], ''Twitter.com'', 17 April 2018 (accessed 17 April 2018 )</ref>
+In April 2018, the Undercover Policing Inquiry released the cover name of N81: 'David Hagan', and said he targeted not just the Movement for Justice, but also the Socialist Workers Party, Class War and the Movement Against the Monarchy, between 1996-2001.<ref>[https://www.ucpi.org.uk/cover-names/ Cover names], ''Undercover Policing Inquiry'', updated 17 April 2018. See also their tweet of same day: [https://twitter.com/ucpinquiry/status/986169134600908800 Cover name released: “David Hagan”. Groups: Socialist Workers Party, Class War, Movement Against the Monarchy, Movement for Justice. 1996 – 2001], ''Twitter.com'', 17 April 2018 (accessed 17 April 2018 )</ref>
 This page is one of series on N81 and the spying on the Stephen Lawrence campaign:

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 '''1997: Oscar Okoye justice campaign'''
-::Oscar Okoye was a black man went into a coma after being arrested by Streatham police and put in custody on 14 June 1996. He subsequently died in hospital on 11 November 1996; the death was ruled to be natural causes.<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199697/cmhansrd/vo970220/text/70220w25.htm Mr. Oscar Okoye (Death) - statement of Mr Maclean, Secretary of State for the Home Department], ''Hansard / Parliament UK'', 20 Feb 1997, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref> <ref>[http://www.irr.org.uk/news/black-deaths-in-custody/ Black Deaths in Custody], ''Institute of Race Relations'', last updated: 19 February 2004, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref> The MfJ would work with his family and others to build a campaign, which included Oscar's son establishing a branch of MfJ at Lewisham college.<ref>Nwando Okoye, [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/justice/Father.htm My Father died in police custody], ''Movement for Justice'', undated, accessed 25 November 2014.</ref>
+::Oscar Okoye was a black man went into a coma after being arrested by Streatham police and put in custody on 14 June 1996. He subsequently died in hospital on 11 November 1996; the death was ruled to be of natural causes.<ref>[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199697/cmhansrd/vo970220/text/70220w25.htm Mr. Oscar Okoye (Death) - statement of Mr Maclean, Secretary of State for the Home Department], ''Hansard / Parliament UK'', 20 Feb 1997, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref> <ref>[http://www.irr.org.uk/news/black-deaths-in-custody/ Black Deaths in Custody], ''Institute of Race Relations'', last updated: 19 February 2004, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref> The MfJ would work with his family and others to build a campaign, which included Oscar's son establishing a branch of MfJ at Lewisham college.<ref>Nwando Okoye, [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/justice/Father.htm My Father died in police custody], ''Movement for Justice'', undated, accessed 25 November 2014.</ref>
 '''1997: Sengul Family Must Stay Campaign'''

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 ::People would come to my home and offer their support, shake our hands, shake my children's' hands," she said. "We would offer them cups of tea, our door was always open. Did Hagan shake my children's hands? Who was he? I need a photograph, a real name. And I want to ask him why he did it.
-Following the confirmation of N81 as 'David Hagan' in April 2018, Sukdev Reel publicly asked the Inquiry for photos to be able to identify the spy in her family campaign.<ref>Sukhdev Reel, [https://twitter.com/sukhdev_reel/status/986246303926677505 Tweet 17 April 2018] Twitter.com (accessed 18 April 2018); see also the [http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqgmb8 related tweet of Sukhdev Reel of 17 April 2018].</ref>
+Following the confirmation of N81 as 'David Hagan' in April 2018, Sukhdev Reel publicly asked the Inquiry for photos to be able to identify the spy in her family campaign.<ref>Sukhdev Reel, [https://twitter.com/sukhdev_reel/status/986246303926677505 Tweet 17 April 2018] Twitter.com (accessed 18 April 2018); see also the [http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqgmb8 related tweet of Sukhdev Reel of 17 April 2018].</ref>
 ==Additional UndercoverResearch resources==

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 Not included in the above list, but now thought to be connected is the campaign around the death of student Lakhvinder "Ricky" Reel.
-Reel, a young Asian man died in unexplained circumstances in 1997, shortly after being racially abused by two white men in Kingston, south west London. His mother, Sukhdev Reel, challenged the lack of police investigation in to his death and has been a prominent voice in seeking police accountability. She has said that the undercover inquiry had informed her that Hagan was also involved in her family justice campaign. She told the BBC that she had been informed that officers gathered intelligence on her in 1998 and 1999, and stated:<ref>Dominic Casciani, [http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43796337 Undercover inquiry reveals Stephen Lawrence 'spy name'], 17 April 2018 (accessed 18 April 2018)</ref>
+Reel, a young Asian man died in unexplained circumstances in 1997, shortly after being racially abused by two white men in Kingston, south west London. His mother, Sukhdev Reel, challenged the lack of police investigation in to his death and has been a prominent voice in seeking police accountability. She has said that the undercover inquiry had informed her that Hagan was also involved in her family justice campaign. She told the BBC that she had been informed that officers gathered intelligence on her in 1998 and 1999,<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-28447168 Ricky Reel: Police 'spied on dead student's family'], ''BBC News Online'', 23 July 2014 (accessed 18 April 2018).</ref> and stated:<ref>Dominic Casciani, [http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43796337 Undercover inquiry reveals Stephen Lawrence 'spy name'], 17 April 2018 (accessed 18 April 2018)</ref>
 ::People would come to my home and offer their support, shake our hands, shake my children's' hands," she said. "We would offer them cups of tea, our door was always open. Did Hagan shake my children's hands? Who was he? I need a photograph, a real name. And I want to ask him why he did it.

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 In 1998, the organisation described its aims as 'Building a militant mass anti-racist movement'<ref>[http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/justice/linx.htm Movement for Justice Linx], ''Movement for Justice'', undated, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref>; in 2014 it was: 'Building an independent, integrated, mass, youth and student led civil rights movement'. Throughout its history, the focus of its work has been anti-racism, highlighting police oppression and LGBT rights, as well as student politics, though latterly it has expanded this to include environmentalism.<ref name="mfj-website">[http://www.movementforjustice.org/ MovementForJustice.org] (website), accessed 2 December 2014.</ref>
-MfJ was founded in 1995 by the Trotskyist group Revolutionary Internationalist League' (RIL), whose members have continued to play a prominent role in the organisation. In 2014 it was revealed that undercover officer-cum-whistle-blower [[Peter Francis]], of Special Branch's [[Special Demonstration Squad]], had been one of the founders of the organisation; and then used his position to get involved in various family justice campaigns.<ref name="leighday">Peter Francis, [http://www.leighday.co.uk/News/2014/July-2014/Statement-on-behalf-of-Peter-Francis-following-pub Statement on behalf of Peter Francis following publication of the Creedon Report], ''Leigh Day Solicitors'' press release, 29 July 2014, accessed 25 November 2014.</ref> In March 2016, it was further revealed that, another SDS officer, known only as [[N81]], and who had been exposed for his role in spying on the Lawrence family at the time of the Macpherson Inquiry had been active in MfJ.<ref>Rob Evans, [http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/undercover-with-paul-lewis-and-rob-evans/2016/mar/30/doreen-lawrence-to-speak-at-conference-on-undercover-policing-and-racism Doreen Lawrence and John McDonnell to speak at conference on police spies], ''The Guardian'', 30 March 2016 (accessed 14 April 2016).</ref>
+MfJ was founded in 1995 / 1996 by a group based around the Kingsway College Anti Fascist Group. In 2014 it was revealed that undercover officer-cum-whistle-blower [[Peter Francis]], of Special Branch's [[Special Demonstration Squad]], had been one of the founders of the organisation; and then used his position to get involved in various family justice campaigns.<ref name="leighday">Peter Francis, [http://www.leighday.co.uk/News/2014/July-2014/Statement-on-behalf-of-Peter-Francis-following-pub Statement on behalf of Peter Francis following publication of the Creedon Report], ''Leigh Day Solicitors'' press release, 29 July 2014, accessed 25 November 2014.</ref> In March 2016, it was further revealed that, another SDS officer, known only as [[N81]], and who had been exposed for his role in spying on the Lawrence family at the time of the Macpherson Inquiry had been active in MfJ.<ref>Rob Evans, [http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/undercover-with-paul-lewis-and-rob-evans/2016/mar/30/doreen-lawrence-to-speak-at-conference-on-undercover-policing-and-racism Doreen Lawrence and John McDonnell to speak at conference on police spies], ''The Guardian'', 30 March 2016 (accessed 14 April 2016).</ref>
 === List of campaigns the MfJ may have had access to. ===

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 '''1995: Brian Douglas justice campaign. '''
-::After Brian Douglas died in police custody at Kennington police station<ref name="guardian.1" />, the RIL / MfJ worked with the Lambeth branch of Unison to establish a public meeting.<ref name="1995-leaflet" /><ref name="mfj-who">[http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/justice/who.htm The Movement for Justice - Who we are and what kind of movement we need.], ''Movement for Justice'', 4 February 1998, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref> Also associated with this family justice campaign was Youth against Racism in Europe, which had worked together with the RIL previously.
+::After Brian Douglas died in police custody at Kennington police station<ref name="guardian.1" />, the RIL / MfJ worked with the Lambeth branch of Unison to establish a public meeting.<ref name="1995-leaflet">[http://socialistfight.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/revolutionary-internationalist-league-on-wp.pdf The Revolutionary Internationalist League On Workers Power], ''SocialistFight.com'', accessed 25 November 2014.</ref><ref name="mfj-who">[http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/justice/who.htm The Movement for Justice - Who we are and what kind of movement we need.], ''Movement for Justice'', 4 February 1998, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref> Also associated with this family justice campaign was Youth against Racism in Europe, which had worked together with the RIL previously.
 ::In his first interview with the press as a whistleblower (only identified as 'Officer A') undercover officer Peter Francis recalled attending a protest at Kennington police station in 1995 as part of the YRE.<ref>Though at that time Francis appears to have been still associated with the RIL as well</ref>.<ref name="guardian.1">Tony Thompson, [http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/mar/14/undercover-policeman-infiltrated-violent-activists Undercover policeman reveals how he infiltrated UK's violent activists], ''The Guardian'', 14 March 2010, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref>
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 '''1998: Lambeth Police Consultative Committee &amp; CS Gas campaign
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-::On 3 March 1998, MfJ representative Alex Owolade presented the case on why the police should not be using CS gas to the Lambeth Police Consultative Group. This was part of a then campaign on CS gas, and the Lambeth Police Consultative Group voted for a suspension of its use. It was followed up by a public meeting on 12 February 1998 at Brixton Recreation Centre.<ref>[http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/justice/spray.htm Demands for withdrawal of CS spray win growing support], ''Movement for Justice'', 4 February 1998, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref> At another point it is stated that members of the Lambeth branch of the MfJ attends the local Community/Police Liaison Group every month.<ref name="mfj-sub2" />
+::On 3 March 1998, MfJ representative Alex Owolade presented the case on why the police should not be using CS gas to the Lambeth Police Consultative Group. This was part of a then campaign on CS gas, and the Lambeth Police Consultative Group voted for a suspension of its use. It was followed up by a public meeting on 12 February 1998 at Brixton Recreation Centre.<ref>[http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/justice/spray.htm Demands for withdrawal of CS spray win growing support], ''Movement for Justice'', 4 February 1998, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref> At another point it is stated that members of the Lambeth branch of the MfJ attends the local Community/Police Liaison Group every month.<ref name="mfj-sub2">[http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/justice/2nd_submission.htm (Second) written submission of the Movement for Justice to Part Two of the Public Inquiry into Matter Arising from the Death of Stephen Lawrence], ''Movement for Justice'', undated, accessed 24 November 2014.</ref>
 '''1998: Family campaign in Hampton Wick'''