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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Met police chief to reform list of alleged gang members targeting black men

Sir Mark Rowley taking the oath of office as Metropolitan police commissioner in August
Sir Mark Rowley taking the oath of office as Metropolitan police commissioner in August. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PA

A controversial Metropolitan police list of alleged gang members that mainly targeted black men “amplified disproportionality” and must be radically reformed, Britain’s top police officer has said.

The gang violence matrix was branded part of a “racialised war” on gangs by Amnesty International and was found potentially to be breaching data laws by the information commissioner.

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