‘It’s ghastly, isn’t it?’ Scathing report released into London’s Metropolitan Police

A year-long review into London’s Metropolitan Police has exposed institutional racism, misogyny, and homophobia within the U.K.’s largest law enforcement department. Crystal Goomansingh has the details of the blistering report into the force’s boys’ club culture, how the department has failed the public it serves, the discrimination some officers have faced, and what could happen if the institution can’t get its act together.

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