Cressida Dick (Part Two) - Bad Gays | iHeart

<p style='white-space:pre-wrap;'>Unusually for this show, which normally focuses on long departed historical figures, today we’re going to talk about someone who’s still very much in the news. Until last week, she was the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, London’s police force, and was the first woman and the first LBGTQ person to hold the rank, Dame Cressida Dick. Today, part two of two: we discuss Dick's tenure at the Metropolitan Police, the extrajudicial murder of Jean Charles de Menezes, Dick's cynical deployment of her identity to deflect critique, the spy cops scandal, the botched investigation into gay serial killer Stephen Port, the Met's dismal record on race, and the protests that finally forced Dick out.</p> <p style='white-space:pre-wrap;'>----more----</p> <p style='white-space:pre-wrap;'>SOURCES:</p> <p style='white-space:pre-wrap;'>Ramzy Alwakeel, “I Covered Stephen Port’s Murders. I Know Cressida Dick’s Departure Isn’t Enough,” OpenDemocracy, accessed February 22, 2022, <a href='https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/cressida-dick-resignation-met-police-stephen-ports-murders/'>https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/cressida-dick-resignation-met-police-stephen-ports-murders/</a></p> <p style='white-space:pre-wrap;'>Anonymous, “Gangs Violence Matrix and Black Londoners,” Text, Mayor’s Question Time, December 10, 2018, <a href='https://www.london.gov.uk/questions/2018/5242'>https://www.london.gov.uk/questions/2018/5242</a></p> <p style='white-space:pre-wrap;'>Jason Bennetto, “We Are Still Racist, Police Chief Admits,” The Independent, April 21, 2003, sec. News, <a href='https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/we-are-still-racist-police-chief-admits-116145.html'>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/we-are-still-racist-police-chief-admits-116145.html</a></p> <p style='white-space:pre-wrap;'>Owen Bowcott and Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent, “Jean Charles de Menezes: Family Lose Fight for Police Officers to Be Prosecuted,” The Guardian, March 30, 2016, sec. UK news, <a href='https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/30/jean-charles-de-menezes-police-officers-shouldshould-not-be-prosecuted-echr'>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/30/jean-charles-de-menezes-police-officers-shouldshould-not-be-prosecuted-echr</a></p> <p style='white-space:pre-wrap;'>Graham Bowley, “Police Erred in Shooting in London, Report Finds,” The New York Times, August 18, 2005, sec. World, <a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/18/world/europe/police-erred-in-shooting-in-london-report-finds.html'>https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/18/world/europe/police-erred-in-shooting-in-london-report-finds.html</a></p> <p style='white-space:pre-wrap;'>Caroline Davies, “Stephen Port Laptop Not Inspected until He Had Killed Three Times, Inquest Told,” The Guardian, October 13, 2021, sec. UK news, <a href='https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/13/stephen-port-laptop-not-inspected-until-he-had-killed-three-times-inquest-told'>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/13/stephen-port-laptop-not-inspected-until-he-had-killed-three-times-inquest-told</a></p> <p style='white-space:pre-wrap;'>Vikram Dodd and Dan Sabbagh, “Daniel Morgan Murder: Inquiry Brands Met Police ‘Institutionally Corrupt,’” The Guardian, June 15, 2021, sec. UK news, <a href='https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/15/daniel-morgan-met-chief-censured-for-hampering-corruption-inquiry'>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/15/daniel-morgan-met-chief-censured-for-hampering-corruption-inquiry</a></p> <p style='white-space:pre-wrap;'>Jamie Grierson and Jamie Grierson Home affairs correspondent, “Met Carried out 22,000 Searches on Young Black Men during Lockdown,” The Guardian, July 8, 2020, sec. Law, <a href='https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/jul/08/one-in-10-of-londons-young-black-males-stopped-by-police-in-may'>https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/jul/08/one-in-10-of-londons-young-black-males-stopped-by-police-in-may</a></p> <p style='white-space:pre-wrap;'>Mark Hughes, “Seven Mistakes That Cost De Menezes His Life,” The Independent, December 13, 2008, sec. News, <a href='https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/seven-mistakes-that-cost-de-menezes-his-life-1064466.html'>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/seven-mistakes-that-cost-de-menezes-his-life-1064466.html</a></p> <p style='white-space:pre-wrap;'>Marina Hyde, “Farewell, Cressida Dick, the Met Chief Only Interested in One Thing: Ignoring Bad Coppers,” The Guardian, February 11, 2022, sec. Opinion, <a href='https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/11/farewell-cressida-dick-the-met-chief-only-interested-in-one-thing-ignoring-bad-coppers'>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/11/farewell-cressida-dick-the-met-chief-only-interested-in-one-thing-ignoring-bad-coppers</a></p> <p style='white-space:pre-wrap;'>Paul Lewis and Rob Evans, “Secrets and Lies: Untangling the UK ‘spy Cops’ Scandal,” The Guardian, October 2

Cressida Dick (Part One) - Bad Gays | iHeart

<p>Unusually for this show, which normally focuses on long departed historical figures, today we’re going to talk about someone who’s still very much in the news. Until last week, she was the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, London’s police force, and was the first woman and the first LBGTQ person to hold the rank, Dame Cressida Dick. Today, part one of two: we begin telling Dick's life story and then delve into the history of the Met, its relationship with LGBTQ people, and the conflicting strands of LGBTQ politics that emphasize conflict vs collaboration with the police. Next week: more on Dick herself and her checkered career in the force. </p> <p>----more----</p> <p>SOURCES:</p> <p>Many of the sources we used to research this episode will be cited in next week's show notes. For this week:</p> <p>Matt Houlbrook, Queer London: Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957 (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2006</p> <p>Moya Lothian-Maclean, “Lords of the Manor,” Human Resources, accessed February 15, 2022, <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/human-resources/id1565249472'>https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/human-resources/id1565249472</a>.</p> <p>Asa Seresin, “Lesbian Fascism on TERF Island,” Asa Seresin (blog), February 11, 2021, <a href='https://asaseresin.com/2021/02/11/lesbian-fascism-on-terf-island/'>https://asaseresin.com/2021/02/11/lesbian-fascism-on-terf-island/</a></p> <p>“‎Untold: The Daniel Morgan Murder,” accessed February 15, 2022, <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/untold-the-daniel-morgan-murder/id1114802610'>https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/untold-the-daniel-morgan-murder/id1114802610</a>.</p> <p>We also encourage people listening to this episode to learn more about organizations combating police violence. Here are four organizations in the UK related to this episode - next week we will add more resources to the show notes with similar groups in the other areas where we have the highest listenership:</p> <p dir='ltr' style='color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;'> </p> <ul><li dir='ltr' style='color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.2;'>London Campaign against Police and State Violence <a href='http://lcapsv.net/'>http://lcapsv.net/</a></li> <li dir='ltr' style='color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.2;'>United Friends and Families Campaign <a href='https://uffcampaign.org/'>https://uffcampaign.org/</a></li> <li dir='ltr' style='color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.2;'>Sisters Uncut <a href='https://www.sistersuncut.org/'>https://www.sistersuncut.org/</a></li> <li dir='ltr' style='color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:1.2;'>Inquest  - a charity that focuses on getting truth and accountability for state related deaths <a href='https://www.inquest.org.uk/'>https://www.inquest.org.uk/</a> </li> </ul> <p class='sqsrte-small' style='white-space:pre-wrap;'>Our intro music is <a href='http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Yan_Terrien/Piano_Loops/01_Arpeggia_Colorix_1894'>Arpeggia Colorix</a> by Yann Terrien, downloaded from WFMU's Free Music Archive and distributed under a Creative Commons <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/'>Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>. Our outro music is by DJ <a href='https://soundcloud.com/oswellm'>Michaeloswell Graphicsdesigner.</a></p>

Met Chief Cressida Dick Forced To QUIT | #TyskySour

'No choice but to step aside': Cressida Dick resigns as Met police chief