Damning report reveals offensive culture of racist and homophobic messages sent as ‘banter’
Metropolitan police officers were caught sharing messages about hitting and raping women, and making racist and homophobic remarks, as part of a an offensive culture in Britain’s biggest force, an official report has revealed.
The officers were based mainly at the Charing Cross police station in central London, with the offending behaviour taking place between 2016 and 2018.
Another message shows an officer bragging about visiting a sex worker when he was using steroids.
