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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ellie Crabbe

Met Police officer called black colleagues ‘cotton pickers’, panel rules

Pc Mia Korell arrives at her misconduct hearing in central London (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

A Metropolitan Police officer has been found to have committed gross misconduct by calling her black colleagues “cotton pickers”.

Pc Mia Korell, who is part of the Roads and Transport policing command, was accused of using the term to describe black officers who did not believe the Territorial Support Group (TSG) was a racist unit.

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