“It’s absolutely vital that our police service retains the trust of the communities it serves.”
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan poses with supporters as he participates in a rally to support his re-election campaign in London, Britain March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Mayor Sadiq Khan said he had asked for an “urgent explanation of this distressing incident” and called for the Independent Office for Police Conduct to investigate. “This is how the police think they can treat a 62-year-old black man in Tottenham but this 1 happens to be my dad #Nojusticenopeace,” he tweeted.
In a rare personal intervention, Britain’s most senior ethnic minority police officer, Met assistant commissioner Neil Basu, expressed his own horror at Floyd’s death. – ‘A long way to go’ -A 1999 review into the case found British police were “institutionally racist”. In a statement, the Met said officers visited the home on April 21 to “carry out arrest enquiries as part of a long-running operation to tackle drugs supply linked to serious violence”.
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