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The (sexist, racist, homophobic) Met Police

The News Agents

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I've Been Into Misogyny and Homophobia and It Feels Horrible

Mal officers go around beating their chest to be the alpha, bravado is intense. Female officers are targeted as sexual property and it almost beats you down. I don't accept I've been institutionally racist, or misogynistic or homophobic but have I become complicit in that? It does become a normalised thing. It's every day, it's everywhere and it's just so toxic,. She feels so demoralised, I'm not sure that she feels energised by your report. There will be a campaign of counterclaims against what the evidence shows. We've got people where officers have kept an allegation for 12 months before they leave. If you make an allegation, this is a pattern

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