An ex-Met police officer has been arrested after our exclusive investigation revealed he’d been posting racist WhatsApp messages Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley will appear on Newsnight tonight on BBC2 to respond to our story metpoliceuk
Newsnight has been passed dozens of messages, by a member of the group. Many are too offensive to show. Some contain the very strongest racial slurs.
Some of the posts reference the government's Rwanda policy, while others joke about recent flooding in Pakistan, which left almost 1,700 people dead. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex also feature in several memes, alongside racist language. Several of the members of the WhatsApp group used to work for the Diplomatic Protection Group , a specialist operations branch of the Met that guards the Houses of Parliament and protects ministers.
Newsnight understands serving police officers were part of the group in question until recently, but many left following the murder of Sarah Everard, last year. Ms Everard was murdered by Wayne Couzens, who was a member of the same specialist branch.Sir Mark Rowley took over as commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in September, vowing to renew trust in the force.
He has promised cultural reform, saying he will "root out" corrupting officers and staff from the organisation.
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