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Spycop boss admits he 'fundamentally disagrees' with undercover policing
Protesters marching to Scotland Yard in a demonstration against the police over the death in Southall of schoolteacher Blair Peach at an Anti-Nazi demo. Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) forces spied on more than 1,000 protest groups over 40 years.
A SPYCOPS boss who helped run a secret Scotland Yard unit that infiltrated left-wing groups has revealed that he “fundamentally disagreed” with undercover policing.
Anthony Greenslade was one of three managers serving in the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) in 1973, largely handling administrative tasks.
He is one of 24 SDS managers who have provided evidence to the Undercover Policing Inquiry, which is examining the industrial-scale police spying on more than 1,000 protest groups over 40 years.
In his witness statement, released this week, Mr Greenslade describes the practice of undercover policing as “damaging to officers.”
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