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The fallout from Saturday evening’s clash in a South London park between police and mourners at a vigil for suspected murder victim Sarah Everard has been swift and there are mounting calls for the police department’s top cop to step down.
A probationary Met police constable, who had been deployed as a cordon officer supporting the search operation in Kent, is alleged to have shared an inappropriate graphic with colleagues.
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Outrage grows in London after young woman killed by police officer
London police officer Wayne Couzens is charged with the kidnapping and murder of 33-year-old Sarah Everard.Hannah Mckay/Reuters
LONDON London s Metropolitan Police has faced widespread criticism over its handling of a vigil this weekend to honor Sarah Everard, a woman allegedly murdered by one of the Met s own officers, and other women who have been killed at the hands of men.
Hundreds of people, mostly women, attended the gathering on Saturday on Clapham Common in south London where Everard was last seen on March 3. Despite what had been a calm and peaceful event in the afternoon, tensions arose in the evening as officers began ordering people to disperse and threatening those who didn t with arrest.