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`Let's make it four'

... four' W 1 1' 11 1 N hours of the murder of three London policemen someone in a rowdy mob of 150 youths shouted: All coppers are bastards. 1' hr e e have been done in London. Let's make it four. The police moved in and made arrests. Then, it was alleged ...

Published: Sunday 14 August 1966
Newspaper: Sunday Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 167 | Page: 36 | Tags: none

CRIME AND CLASS: THE SUbTLE DIFFERENCES

... one end of the scale standto the protective father-figure of the bobby: and at the other end 'all coppers are bastards and the only good copper is a dead copper.' ...

Published: Friday 05 June 1959
Newspaper: Westminster & Pimlico News
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 165 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

QC tells of man who hates all police

... QC tells of man who hates all police Twenty-one-year-old Anthony Jeffs hated all policemen, a jury at Birmingham Crown Court was told today. He even had a tattoo on his hand that meant “ All coppers are bastards,” said Mr Michael Davies QC. ...

Published: Monday 06 November 1972
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 140 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ELECT! BIRD

... on a youth's denim jacket. The word was Acab. It meant All coppers are bastards, a court heard yesterday. The youth, Graham Van Hovston Johnson, 17, said he thought the letters meant All Canadians are bums. Johnson told magistrates at Havant, Hants: ...

Published: Wednesday 20 May 1970
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 191 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Police car ‘bombed’

... found stinking of petrol. There were also writings showing how he felt about the law. One document was headed, ‘Why all coppers are bastards.’ Mr Brown added, ‘He has a grudge against the police and was venting that by throwing a petrol bomb.’ ...

Published: Friday 16 December 1983
Newspaper: Worthing Herald
County: Sussex, England
Type: Article | Words: 243 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

• MINORITY VIEW: PCs Ferdie Rozario with Sue Broad on the beat in

... Police designed to attract more recruits from the ethnic minorities. I suppose the problem is stereotypes all coppers are bastards, just like all journalists are liars, said Chief Inspector Wise. It's wrong to say that racism does not exist in the police ...

Published: Wednesday 26 April 1995
Newspaper: Harefield Gazette
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 295 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Garda target

... building are three large swastikas or crooked German crosses along with the slogan again in large letters proclaiming All Coppers Are Bastards. The word Fascists' . and another swastika are painted on the gable end of the station. The graffiti was discovered ...

Published: Thursday 02 June 1988
Newspaper: Enniscorthy Guardian
County: Wexford, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 298 | Page: 36 | Tags: none

Youths in seaside after clashes with

... said that youths and girls flooding into the road were dispersed. but one group kept running up and down. shouting all coppers are bastards. Cooper was in front. waving his arms and encouraging them. Cooper told the court that he had had five pints to ...

Published: Monday 28 August 1967
Newspaper: Reading Evening Post
County: Berkshire, England
Type: | Words: 328 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ERUPTED

... for treatment to his nose and head. Witness said it was an ugly scene in the ballroom with chanting of “All coppers are bastards; kill the bastards”. He also said he didn't see Stark directly involved in any incident. - Paul Parker, of St. John's Grove ...

Published: Wednesday 21 February 1973
Newspaper: Morecambe Visitor
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 276 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

'horrifying' murder

... the sentence: I am very pleased. Rignold to conduct Town Hall concert L Anthony Charles Jeffs initials meaning All coppers are bastards. P.-c. Guthrie was shot dead at pointblank range when he answered a burglar alarm call to the shop that Jeffs had ...

Published: Thursday 09 November 1972
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 379 | Page: 33 | Tags: none