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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Martin Bentham

Met drops ‘gangs matrix’ accused of targeting young black Londoners

The controversial “gangs matrix” used by the Met to identify dangerous street offenders was today ditched by the force in response to concerns about disproportionate targeting of young black Londoners.

Scotland Yard said the database, which once held the details of several thousand young people suspected of links to gangs, was being replaced by a new “violence harm assessment”.

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