UK cops admit to sending racist messages about Meghan, royals

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LONDON: Five former London police officers on Thursday admitted sending grossly offensive racist messages to each other on WhatsApp, which included re...

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The five officers, who have all retired, were charged after an investigation by BBC’s Newsnight programme which discovered the men had sent the messages between August 2018 and September 2022, a period when they had all left the police. One of these messages also included a picture of the late Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip, while others referenced Charles’ eldest son and heir Prince William and his wife Kate, along with Rishi Sunak, Britain’s first prime minister of colour.

“The racist and discriminatory content of these messages is absolutely appalling and, given the defendants once served as police officers, we recognise that this case may further damage confidence in policing,” said Commander James Harman, who leads the Metropolitan Police’s Anti-Corruption and Abuse Command.

 

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