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.
One male officer wrote to a female officer: “I would happily rape you … if I was single … if I was single I would happily chloroform you.”
Another officer talked about getting women into bed and advocated violence: “Getting a woman into bed is like spreading butter. It can be done with a bit of effort using a credit card, but it’s quicker and easier just to use a knife.”
Police officers wrote about attending a festival dressed as known sex offenders and a molested child.
“Numerous messages about rape and ‘raping’ each other” were sent in two WhatsApp group and one Facebook group.
One officer messaged another saying he was going to attack his partner and wrote: “Swear to got [sic] I’m going to smack her”.
Another message shows an officer bragging about visiting a sex worker when he was using steroids.
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