Broken Britain & Policing

#Dispatches hasn’t Scratched the Surface!?

I watched Channel 4’s #Dispatches programme earlier, and was not surprised at all that the police in Britain are incapable of dealing with racism and racist officers. I say this from a unique point-of-view. I served as a Detective in the Greater Manchester Police Criminal Investigation Department, then transferred as a Detective to the Metropolitan Police Service…

Battered and Bruised …

Yesterday, I finished my third employment trial against the Metropolitan Police Service. A reserved judgment is now in place, which means Scotland Yard and I won’t know the court’s decision for some time. The past two weeks have not been the best and if I am to be completely honest, the entire process has felt like secondary…

Interception of my Communication

Today, I received a letter from my Member of Parliament Emily Thornberry – the Shadow Attorney General, for the Opposition. Attached, was a letter to her about me from James Brokenshire MP, the British Immigration and Security Minister. This is because recently, it came to light that it seems in continually trying to find ways to discredit me…

Black Homophobia!?

I wrote a blog back in February on Gay Racism!?, which, continues to trend globally at the top of my posts. I stated clearly at the bottom of the article “I’m happy to read and discuss homophobia in the black community with anyone, but as yet, I personally haven’t experienced this or I would have documented this by now…

Met bosses need culture change

My comment piece to the London Evening Standard, about the Metropolitan Police Federation’s report into a “climate of fear” with performance ‘targets’ in the police by Scotland Yard. The Police Federation and I have had our differences over my fight against discrimination and corruption within the Met, but on the “climate of fear” within the Force…