Exclusive: Sir Mark Rowley has already removed more than 1,000 young men from the force’s gang violence matrix
A controversial Metropolitan police list of alleged gang members mainly targeted black men “amplified disproportionality” and must be radically reformed, Britain’s top police officer has said.
The gang violence matrix was branded as part of a “racialised war” on gangs by Amnesty International and was found potentially to be breaching data laws by the information commissioner.
Exclusive: Sir Mark Rowley has already removed more than 1,000 young men from the force’s gang violence matrix A controversial Metropolitan police list of alleged gang members mainly targeted black men “amplified disproportionality” and must be radically reformed, Britain’s top police officer has said.The gang violence matrix was branded as part of a “racialised war” on gangs by Amnesty International and was found potentially to be breaching data laws by the information commissioner. Continue reading…
