Ever since I was a boy, it was my dream to become a policeman. Growing up in Toxteth, Liverpool, amid the riots of the 1980s, it must have seemed crazy: black gay scousers from working-class estates didn’t go into the police. I joined Greater Manchester police three months after 9/11. From training, through to my…
I was a UK police officer and systemic racism festers in our force too
Like so many around the world, I felt deep pain and anger watching the killing of George Floyd. These feelings remain.…