News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy shared a troubling video that he urged people not to miss in the busy news cycle.
He tweeted the video and wrote: “In case you missed this (as I did) : a 14-year-old black boy mistaken for a robber because he “fits the description” and pinned to the ground, terrified. “No misconduct apparent” claim the police.”
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It comes as Sadiq Khan has pledged to block the appointment of a new Met commissioner unless they grasp the “true extent” of the organisation’s “deep cultural problems”.
In what he said was a “personal” mission to change the Met after a series of “appalling scandals”, the London Mayor invoked the Stephen Lawrence inquiry as a model for reform.
Speaking at City Hall in London’s Docklands, he called for the appointment of a “reforming commissioner”, four months after the resignation of the previous officer-holder, Dame Cressida Dick.
He said: “It’s become painfully clear that further reform on a far-reaching scale is now urgently needed.”
Admitting that rebuilding public trust would not “happen overnight”, Mr Khan said after his speech that reforming the police was a “personal” matter.
“It’s really important for the next commissioner, for the police to understand that trust or confidence… is integral to keeping our city safe,” he said.
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In the comments under the video, ITN’s Antoine Allen added another video. This time it was the treatment of an elderly black man.
Allen tweeted the video and wrote: “A traffic stop resulted in a 70 year old black man being hospitalised- my shocking report below. All charges against him have been dropped. The IOPC are now investigating. Thanks for sharing De-Shaun’s interview @krishgm. Hopefully people will also check out my interview below.”