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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Muvija M and Kylie MacLellan

London police institutionally racist and sexist, report finds

FILE PHOTO: A Metropolitan Police officer stands on duty in Westminster, London, Britain, October 1, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville

London's Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic and unable to police itself, an independent review said on Tuesday, heaping pressure on the Met's new chief to reform Britain's biggest police force.

The review was commissioned by then-head of the Met, Cressida Dick, in 2021 after a serving officer was sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of a young woman, Sarah Everard, a shocking case that put a spotlight on the force's broader culture.

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