Statement Regarding 6th July #Palestine March

"We remain clear in our intention to march peacefully on July 6th. #metpoliceuk suggesting they will impose orders to prevent this in the Parliamentary area is a threat to fundamental right to protest." #FreePalestine 🇵🇸🍉☮️
https://www.stopwar.org.uk/article/coalition-statement-regarding-6th-july-palestine-march/

Coalition Statement Regarding 6th July Palestine March

The right to protest against the Genocide in Gaza is once again being challenged by the Police and the political...

Stop the War

Same in any monopoly, group loyalty trumps justice, or even fairness

“With a bit of distance from working in the #MetPoliceUK and becoming less #institutionalised, I realised there were a lot of things from my time that troubled me.”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/09/real-happy-valley-writer-vilified-in-tweets-by-police

‘I’ve had death threats’: Real Happy Valley writer vilified in tweets by police

Former Met PC Alice Vinten says online abuse worse since publication of book about women in force that inspired BBC drama

The Guardian
There is no #InstitutionalRacism at the #MetPoliceUK. It just so happens that the only events for which the potential use of baton rounds were authorized in the past six years were black-led gatherings. #MetPolice #racism https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/06/met-police-baton-rounds-black-led-events-foi-reveals?CMP=share_btn_tw
Met only authorised baton rounds for black-led events, FOI reveals

Metropolitan police approved their use at Notting Hill carnival and Black Lives Matter protests in 2020

The Guardian
The Met Police are beyond reform - they need to be abolished

Another year, another report: the Casey review says the Met police are racist, sexist, and homophobic - but reform won't solve this problem.

Canary

“This isn’t wrong-uns or ‘bad apples’, this is systemic failure across the system.”

#MetPoliceUK

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/met-police-casey-report-predators-b2304566.html

‘Culture of denial’ in Met Police let predators flourish, review finds

Baroness Casey warns warns toxic culture cannot prevent another Sarah Everard murder

The Independent

Is the Met Police actually changing? Or are we turning into a gun toting police service not for the purpose of protecting the public and citizens but for their own purposes?

https://byline.tv/title/exclusive-pro-athlete-ricardo-dos-santos-shares-unseen-video-of-armed-police-stop/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#memberful_overlay

#MetPoliceUK #ArmedPolice

Exclusive: Pro Athlete Shares Unseen Video of Armed Met Police Stop | Byline TV

Ricardo Dos Santos is a professional athlete who has competed at multiple international sporting events. In 2022 he was stopped by nine armed officers of the Met Police who attempted to break into his vehicle before they had even said a word to him. They were physically aggressive until he pointed out his car, a

Byline TV

#foi request to #MetPoliceUK to disclose how many officers faced disciplinary action for having inappropriate sexual relationship or sexual contact with a suspect; a witness; a victim; or person in custody since 01/01/18

#metpolicefail refused, saying “the information you have requested is not retrievable from MPS central searchable databases within cost” #disbandthemet #accountabilitymatters & the #toryscum seek to make it harder to obtain foi on request #coverups

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/02/15/met-police-cannot-say-how-many-officers-disciplined-for-inappropriate-sexual-relationships/

Met Police Cannot Say How Many Officers Disciplined for Inappropriate Sexual Relationships – Byline Times

A refused FOI request to understand the scale of inappropriate behaviour by police officers makes it harder to hold the Met to account, reports Sian Norris

Byline Times

The deputy chair of the #London Assembly’s #police & crime committee has written to the #MetPoliceUK commissioner, #Rowley, asking if he was “taking new information into account when making a decision regarding the reopening of the investigation” into the #10downingst lockdown parties.

‘New information’ includes claims that Downing Street staff corroborated stories & destroyed evidence

Made such a good job of it 1st time round might as well have a 2nd crack

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/feb/11/partygate-fresh-allegations-met-urged-to-reopen-inquiry

Met urged to reopen Partygate inquiry as fresh allegations emerge

‘New information’ includes claims that Downing Street staff corroborated stories and destroyed evidence

The Guardian

"You can change the rules in which a force operates, you can change legislation, add new laws, appoint new chiefs, change discipline arrangements, but in essence, there has been little or no success in changing #policing culture, identifying the good bits, dealing with the bad..work on transforming its culture..to do it as a whole, not with 43 different forces doing it in 43 different ways." #word #scrapthemet #MetPoliceUK #metpolicesexoffences #metpoliceMisconduct

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/07/david-carrick-police-reform-met

As an ex police officer, this much is clear: after Carrick, we need new policing and may need to scrap the Met

So many warnings about a toxic culture have gone unheeded. Policing is based on trust – as things stand, it can’t survive, says Steve White, former chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales

The Guardian
Led By Donkeys on Twitter

“We've found Michelle Mone's yacht”

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