Cody Walker: another victim of two-tier policing
Cody Walker: another victim of two-tier policing This young man’s farcical arrest in Birmingham heaps yet more shame on the police. i Picture by: X dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Paul Birch" }) Paul Birch 25th July 2026 i Picture by: X Share Topics Identity Politics UK Want unlimited, ad-free access? This week, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided to drop the charge against 20-year-old Cody Harper of assaulting an emergency worker. Harper, a white man, had been arrested and charged after an incident in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday 21 June.
- ▪Cody Walker: another victim of two-tier policing This young man’s farcical arrest in Birmingham heaps yet more shame on the police. i Picture by: X dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Paul Birch" }) Paul Birch 25th July 2026 i Pictur
- ▪This week, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided to drop the charge against 20-year-old Cody Harper of assaulting an emergency worker.
- ▪Harper, a white man, had been arrested and charged after an incident in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday 21 June.
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Cody Walker: another victim of two-tier policing This young man’s farcical arrest in Birmingham heaps yet more shame on the police. i Picture by: X dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Paul Birch" }) Paul Birch 25th July 2026 i Picture by: X Share Topics Identity Politics UK Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. This week, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided to drop the charge against 20-year-old Cody Harper of assaulting an emergency worker. Harper, a white man, had been arrested and charged after an incident in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday 21 June. In video footage, which has since gone viral, he is seen being pushed to the ground by a black man, while another black man tries to punch him in the back of the head.
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