A former Metropolitan Police officer has been arrested after being accused of sharing racist messages in a WhatsApp group.
A formerRob Lewis has also been suspended by theThe allegations came to light after an investigation by the BBC’s Newsnight programme, which claimed several police officers had been members of the chat group., the deadly floods in Pakistan and the Rwanda deportation programme were allegedly circulated.
In a response to allegations made by Newsnight, commander Jon Savell said: ‘Racism, misogyny, homophobia or any other discriminatory behaviour has no place in the Met. Sir Mark Rowley has vowed to crack down on bigoted attitudes within the force after become its new commissioner ‘I will be ruthless in rooting out those corrupting officers and staff, including racists and misogynists, from our organisation.
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