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…
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…
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…
It always amazes me when I think of it that in two weeks I will be back in court for a third time, fighting the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service over discrimination – race, sexual orientation and disability. It’s been a tough five-year battle this year, next month half a decade since my diagnosis with…
NEXT month is 5 years since I became unwell at the Metropolitan Police Service and have fought them ever since, and my third court appearance #Madness
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…
An old school picture prior to my service with the Metropolitan Police, as a St John Ambulance ‘Cadet of the Year’. Patriotism isn’t so black & white!?
I read with dismay yesterday, but not disbelief, that PC James Patrick of the Metropolitan Police Service is ‘now’ being investigated for Gross Misconduct. A serious charge, by any stretch of the imagination. I know James through Twitter, and over time have realised we have more in common than not. James and I were both…
As a gay black man born of a working class family in Liverpool, most would assume my natural allies would be those to the left of British Politics. Don’t get me wrong, I honestly believe the Conservatives ‘are’ the nasty party of mainstream politics and do nothing to help people like me. Equally, some of the people…
Earlier, I received a tweet from the official Lib Dem Twitter account. It was as a result of my tweeting “In the last few days, I’ve been disappointed with Labour, the Conservatives and UKIP as British Political Parties. Just waiting for Lib Dems”. Lib Dem HQ wrote … “@kevin_maxwell What can we do to improve your…
I thought Easter was a time when we see the best of people, but the recent long weekend has shaken my belief in humankind. It had been 10-years since my mum’s funeral and I last prayed in a Catholic church, but decided Sunday gone to do so for my beloved late mother. I guess, it was…
There’s a debate going on at the moment in the UK as reported by The Telegraph involving Will Straw, the son of the former Secretary of State for ‘Foreign Affairs’ and the ‘Commonwealth’. Will who ironically is a British Labour Party candidate sees nothing wrong in 2014 with white people in Lancashire blackening themselves up, because it’s part…
Today, like many I was enjoying the Easter break. Then, I received a message on my Facebook public profile. It was from a guy who used to attend the same secondary school as me in Liverpool, so we’re talking some twenty years ago. I know, I only look 21!? Now, to clarify … during all…
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…
