points to a culture of denial alleging that the met does not. this is the response from the head of the metropolitan police, sir mark rowley. it s upsetting, it s frustrating it s angering we ve let people down or where it s angering we ve let people down or where clear of that. the findings are brutal or where clear of that. the findings are brutal and i think they are accurate are brutal and i think they are accurate. like lots of others after reflect accurate. like lots of others after reflect on accurate. like lots of others after reflect on the depth of the issues, why didn t reflect on the depth of the issues, why didn t i see the toxicity that louise s why didn t i see the toxicity that louise s coming out in this report. i louise s coming out in this report. i have louise s coming out in this report. i have been louise s coming out in this report. i have been more outspoken about the challenges i have been more outspoken about the challenges we face in any c
could certainly change things. if that does come nada tawfik will be back straightaway. nada tawfik in manhattan, thank you. we will turn to another big story in the uk. a damning report has found majorfailings in london s metropolitan police force, the biggest police force in the uk, calling it institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. we ll be taking you through the main findings and the reaction. first, here s baroness casey who wrote the report. there is without doubt a discriminatory culture right across the metropolitan police, it s not in pockets, it pervades the whole organisation. let s take a closer look at some of the key findings. the report says institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia are deeply embedded in the met police s culture and that predatory and unacceptable behaviour has been allowed to flourish . it also
that s been in denial. abimbola johnson is chair of the independent scrutiny and oversight board on the police s inclusion and race action plan. she gave me her reaction to the report. it s reaffirming i think of a lot of the aspects that we have seen, those of us who work in this sphere and certainly a lot of the dater, a lot of the trends reflected in the case of the trends reflected in the case of the trends reflected in the case of the report are in line with what we re seeing through the evidence, which is been gathered in the race action program. just which is been gathered in the race action program- action program. just to pick up on what stephen action program. just to pick up on what stephen lawrence action program. just to pick up on what stephen lawrence his - action program. just to pick up on | what stephen lawrence his mother action program. just to pick up on - what stephen lawrence his mother has said, your reflections on the breath of the problem here. she said t
from the mother of the black teenager stephen lawrence who was murdered in east london thirty years ago. after her son s death, a similar report was commissioned, which branded the force institutionally racist back then. today, baroness lawrence said. and there was more from the mayor of london sadiq khan. next month will be 30 years since stephen lawrence was brutally murdered, a racist murder. for 25 years since the mcpherson report, my experience as a londoner, a person of colour, my experience as a former human rights lawyer specialising in policing issue, my experience as a member of parliament and the police and crime commissioner, it is a police service that has been complacent, that s been arrogant,
first time we ve had this type of report thinking back after the murder of stephen lawrence. what you think nothing has fundamentally changed? it think nothing has fundamentally chanced? ., , think nothing has fundamentally chanced? .,, , think nothing has fundamentally chaned? ., , . think nothing has fundamentally chanced? , ., , ., , changed? it has been almost 25 years since the mcpherson changed? it has been almost 25 years since the mcpherson report changed? it has been almost 25 years since the mcpherson report came i changed? it has been almost 25 years since the mcpherson report came out| since the mcpherson report came out and i think some of the themes are still relevant to the report that has come out today. clearly there has come out today. clearly there has not been enough change that has taken place and i think for me, it isjust around taken place and i think for me, it is just around accountability. there needs to be more accountability and also consequences for som