Sadiq Khan says scenes were unacceptable as he demands two independent inquiries

London’s mayor has publicly rebuked the head of the Metropolitan police, saying he was “not satisfied” by Dame Cressida Dick’s account of why officers clashed with women at a vigil mourning for Sarah Everard and demanding two independent inquiries.

Sadiq Khan said the scenes from Clapham Common on Saturday night were unacceptable after he summoned the Met commissioner and her deputy, Sir Stephen House, to City Hall to explain themselves.

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