Metropolitan Police

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• "All lives matter" is an example of racism.
• Banned a protest in Tower Hamlets due to concerns of violence by a large Muslim population.
• Hired a convicted multiple sexual offender because of a drive to improve diversity.
• Report by Shereen Daniels says "Stop and Search operates as routine surveillance of black life" and attacks "whiteness".
• Blocked efforts to safeguard children who were being sexually exploited by gangs while staying in care homes.
• Comedians making benign online Tweets may risk inciting violence in the real World.
• Arrested Graham Linehan for some tweets and banned him from using online social media platforms.
• Volunteer officer raped multiple children.
• Officer charged with multiple sexual offences.
• Officer knew rape victim was young.
• Will not prosecute Kneecap after suggesting that people should kill their MP.
• Waving an Israeli flag could be a "breach of the peace".
• Confronting Palestine Action supporters, a proscribed terrorist organisation, is akin to "damn stupid" football fans.
• Jewish protester charged with "racial harassment" over anti-Hezbollah sign.
• Coaches ethnic minority staff on how to secure promotions.
• Pulled police away from Downing Street during Black Lives Matter riots leading to more injured officers.
• Arrested a football supporter for calling his sporting rivals "rent boys".
• Objected to the construction of a new jazz bar because criminals might target customers.
• Officers unaware that Hezbollah is a proscribed terrorist organisation.
• Recommends reporting your children to Prevent if they are viewing misogynist videos online.
• The Special Demonstration Squad, a Metropolitan Police undercover unit, spied on political and activist groups for decades.
• Officer found guilty of assault.
• A Met Police adviser led the "from the river to the sea" chant at a pro-Palestine rally.
• Survey of London officers reveals scale of those wanting to quit or leave under Mark Rowley.
• Swastikas displayed at a pro-Palestinian march; Met Police accused of antisemitism.
• Officer threatened to arrest a Jewish man at a pro-Palestine march; the force apologises and faces fresh victim-blaming claims.
• Woman is assaulted at Nandos and officers in the restaurant are notified immediately and they did nothing.
• A former chief described a firearms officer kicking a violent man in the head as racist.
• Failing in almost all its areas of work, the police inspectorate has said.
• "inconsistent" in managing sex offenders.
• Has not met its goal of reducing the number of outstanding suspects.
• Employees vote to strike over right to work home home.
• Officer stole £115 money from a dead man.
• Mark Rowley threatens to extradite foreigners for their posts online.
• Metropolitan Police, Sussex Police and Essex Police were all involved in investigating a Tweet by Allison Pearson, a journalist for The Telegraph.
• Three officers found guilty of gross misconduct for accessing files relating to the case of Sarah Everard with no proper policing purpose.
• Muslim police officer faces sack over alleged links to female jihadist.
• Porn addicted officer who uploaded child abuse videos of girls as young as eight from a police station avoids prison.
• There were significant issues in the standards of investigation, victim care and investigation management in the Metropolitan Police's victim service.
• Has more work to do to make sure it consistently assesses the level of risk for all 999 and 101 calls when considering a response.
• Issues arising due to a lack of training for investigating officers including in managing sex offence suspects and offenders.
• Inexperienced officers trying to manage large workloads beyond their training and knowledge.
• The Metropolitan Police's culture makes some officers and staff reluctant to speak out about poor behaviour.
• Mark Rowley, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, believes because he is correctly applying the law when he is being accused of being both woke and fascist.
• Protestor holding "Hamas are Terrorists" sign arrested by police.
• In a case where £3billion in Bitcoin was seized, half of the proceeds will be given to the Home Office and the other half to the Metropolitan Police.
• Man is fined £90 for covering face in front of facial recognition cameras.
• Shakeel Begg, an imam at Lewisham Islamic Centre, lectured children and worked with Metropolitan Police despite being ruled "extremist" by a high court judge.
• Should never have employed Wayne Couzens.
• Assistant commissioner, Lousia Rolfe, states the greatest strength of London is its diversity, just days after members of parliament were coerced by violent threats by radical Islamists, and weeks after a member of parliament resigned after receiving death threats from radical Islamists.
• Detective inspector drugged his wife so men at swinging parties could rape her.
• Metropolitan Police determined a mass stabbing event in which a murderer shouted "allu akbar" between 6 murders occurred due to his "mental health".
• Former Met officer charged with child sex offences.
• Suspended officer pleads guilty to stalking.
• A former Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with 15 counts of sexual assault and two counts of raping a vulnerable woman he met while on duty.
• PC charged with rape and voyeurism offences.
• Jews require segregated transport services to maintain safety.
• Two Metropolitan Police officers who allegedly bundled a black schoolboy to the ground before handcuffing him were motived by race.
• Former officer stole money from man who had collapsed.
• Former police constable used the bank details of deceased people to purchase electronics worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
• One rape reported every hour all hours of the day in 2023.
• Black Police Association chair facing sack over racist WhatsApp messages.
• Fired and then reinstated two officers who they wrongly believed were racially profiling people.
• Pre-emptively arrest 10 Youth Demand activists ahead of King's speech.
• Indicates that simply being a Jew is provocative.
• Scraps ties with head of Muslim advisory group, Attiq Malik, who chanted "from the river to the sea".
• Arrested someone for saying Hamas, a proscribed terrorist organisation, was a proscribed terrorist organisation.
• 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.
• Investigating vandalism to pride flags as hate crimes.
• 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.
• Failed to retrieve the CCTV footage of a man having his watch stolen.
• Investigated a homophobic attack by a black man which they didn't believe was a hate crime.
• 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.
• Is failing in almost all its areas of work, the police inspectorate has said.
• Is "inconsistent" in managing sex offenders.
• Has not met its goal of reducing the number of outstanding suspects.
• There were significant issues in the standards of investigation, victim care and investigation management in the Metropolitan Police's victim service.
• Has more work to do to make sure it consistently assesses the level of risk for all 999 and 101 calls when considering a response.
• Issues arising due to a lack of training for investigating officers including in managing sex offence suspects and offenders.
• Inexperienced officers trying to manage large workloads beyond their training and knowledge.
• Culture makes some officers and staff reluctant to speak out about poor behaviour.

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