Main content
Met Police: Some officers are racist, professional standards chief admits
A senior officer has admitted racism remains a problem in the Metropolitan Police, after two black colleagues told the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ it was getting worse.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Bas Javid told ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Two's Newsnight some officers "have racist views and are racist".
But he denied the Met was a "racist organisation".
One officer said a supervisor used a racist slur against him. Another said senior leaders suggested black people were not clever enough for the Met.
Sima Kotecha reports.
Duration:
This clip is from
More clips from Newsnight
-
Archive: Life inside Gazaβs front line town of Rafah (2004)
Duration: 11:24
-
Archive: Israeli soldiers search for tunnels in Gaza (2004)
Duration: 10:48