On Horses & Protests Following clashes with police in London earlier this month, Aaron Loose evaluates the use of mounted units in the suppression of public protest. On 6 June, thousands of protesters assembled at Whitehall, Central London to stand in solidarity with George Floyd, a Black man who was murdered by a brutal and […]
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Macpherson Report: What We Are Yet to Learn
Bryan Knight reports on the 20th anniversary of the Macpherson Report that labelled the Met ‘Institutional Racism’ This past weekend marked the 20th anniversary of Sir William Macpherson’s report into police handling of the Stephen Lawrence Case. The report famously labelled London’s Metropolitan Police as ‘institutionally racist’ and set out numerous recommendations. One must reflect on […]
Will Cressida Dick’s appointment encourage more women to join the police and the armed forces?
For the first time, a woman has been named chief of police in London. Cressida Dick, 56, succeeds Bernard Hogan-Howe in this coveted position. After a long career at Scotland Yard, she had left the police two years ago to take up a post at the Foreign Ministry. The new head of the Metropolitan Police Service, the […]