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More than 250 Met officers facing racism allegations

01.07.09
A total of 255 Metropolitan police officers are facing accusations of racism, according to new figures... more

One in 10 Met constables from ethnic minority

25.06.09
The number of ethnic minority officers in the Met is poised to break 3,000 for the first time... more

One in 10 Met constables is now from ethnic minority

25.06.09
The number of ethnic minority officers in the Metropolitan police is poised to break 3,000 for the first time... more

Met Commander charged over restaurant fight

21.05.09
Met chief Ali Dizaei faces trial on criminal charges over scuffle involving a hookah water pipe outside a London restaurant... more

Stephen Lawrence police not racist, says Sir Ian Blair

06.04.09
Former Met chief Sir Ian Blair said that police who investigated the murder of Stephen Lawrence were not "necessarily racist"... more

Black police chiefs call Met truce

12.03.09
Leading black and ethnic minority officers at the Met are ready to reopen relations with the force's top brass months after an acrimonious rift... more

10 years after Macpherson, the Met is still short of blacks and Asians in senior jobs

18.02.09
The Met has the same number of senior black and ethnic minority officers as it did 10 years ago when it was accused of institutional racism over the Stephen Lawrence murder investigation... more

Menezes marksmen: Let us return to duty

15.12.08
The two police marksmen who shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes want to return to duty, it was revealed... more

Mayor to hold new inquiry on racism at the Met

06.10.08
Mayor Boris Johnson has announced an inquiry into racism at Scotland Yard as black police leaders ordered a recruitment boycott of the force... more

Race revolt hits the Yard

19.09.08
The race war at Scotland Yard escalated dramatically as black police leaders severed links with the Met's senior managers... more

Blair axes race accuser in showdown

09.09.08
Police chief Tarique Ghaffur was personally stripped of his duties in a face to face meeting with Sir Ian Blair... more

Met crisis is one of leadership, not race

01.09.08
My feelings about Tarique Ghaffur are very mixed. The impression I have of the Met's Assistant Commissioner - shared, I should add, by a number of rather more politically correct figures than myself - is that he may, if anything, have been overpromoted, rather than held back on grounds of race... more

Angry police deny claim of institutional racism

29.08.08
Rank and file police officers have angrily condemned claims that the Met was still institutionally racist... more

Step down, colleagues tell Asian officer accusing Met chief of racism

29.08.08
Race-row police chief Tarique Ghaffur is facing a rebellion from fellow officers and increasing calls to step aside from his role at the top of Scotland Yard... more

Ghaffur: My boss Blair is my enemy...

28.08.08
One of Scotland Yard's most senior officers has used a televised press conference to declare war on Commissioner Sir Ian Blair... more

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