Metropolitan Police

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• Chanting and projecting "from the river to the sea" on Big Ben is not a crime.
• Former officer convicted of 10 counts of rape, including three of raping a child under the age of 13.
• Officer threatens to arrest a Christian preacher due to allegations of a hate crime.
• Man flies to UK without ticket or passport arriving at Heathrow Airport and is allowed to walk free out of the airport to then fail to turn up to a court summons several weeks later.
• Not all calls for Jihad are violent.
• Detective Constable Zainab Hussain who took relative off domestic abuse suspects list is given written warning.
• Gave police the green light to take a knee during Black Lives Matter protest.
• A team of more than 20 officers is now dedicated to investigating potential war crimes, including allegations relating to Israel-Gaza.
• Failed to turn up after 10 emergency calls where three people were attacked in Leicester Square for being Jewish.
• Officer tells Christian singer on Oxford Street that she is not allowed to perform church songs outside of church grounds before walking off and sticking her tongue out to the camera.
• Hundreds of armed officers have deserted the firearms unit in the past six months after a colleague was charged with the murder of Chris Kaba.
• Former officer, charged with 13 counts of rape, tied up one of his alleged victims, and threatened to stab her and slit her throat, a jury has been told.
• More than 1,000 Metropolitan officers are currently suspended or on restricted duties as it tries to root out rogue officers.
• Scraps gang database because it unfairly discriminated against black people who were disproportionately represented on it.
• The number of 10 to 19 year olds charged with rape in London has more than doubled in two years from 2021 to 2023.

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