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The future of the Met Police is now under review as a damning report finds institutional racism, sexism and predatory behaviour is rife in London's police force. "We have found institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia in the Met," the damning review by Baroness Louise Casey said. Contained in the review was the harrowing testimony of one officer who said she was repeatedly raped by a colleague and tried to kill herself. Another was sexually assaulted by a more senior male colleague on a number of occasions and made to "sit on his lap, touching her on intimate parts of her body while she was getting changed". Other cases include lewd sexual comments, inappropriate advances and a failure to deal with rape cases due to the attitude of some officers and a lack of resources. One officer said one of the Met's specialist units - Specialist Firearms Command (MO19) - was a "boys club". A series of scandals has already rocked the force relating specifically to the culture … [Read more...] about Inside Met Police’s ‘boys club culture’ as force branded institutionally sexist

Two migrants have been found dead and 10 were hospitalised after police received a panicked call from a group "suffocating" inside a shipping container. Cops in South Texas, US, were alerted of a distressing phone call from an unknown number as people desperately tried to get help while inside a freight train. Officers quickly contacted Border Patrol who were able to stop the train which was travelling near the US-Mexico border to San Antonio. 12 people were found in a shipping container and a further three were found in a freight train, according to a statement from the department. The two people who died were in the shipping container, authorities confirmed. At least four people were air-lifted to San Antonio, authorities said, while others were taken to local hospitals . 12 people were found in a shipping container and a further three were found in a freight train ( Image: Facebook) The condition of all of those hospitalised was not immediately known. … [Read more...] about Two dead after panicked police call from migrants ‘suffocating’ inside shipping container

A rural town's first female police officer was "forced to have oral sex with a married colleague as an initiation", a lawsuit has claimed. Teresa Williams, 35, became Iron Mountain Police Department's first ever female cop in October 2017 but she was allegedly subjected to years of sexual harassment and assault by her male colleagues in Michigan, US. During her four and a half years at the force, Ms Williams claims she was forced to kiss her direct supervisor Joseph Dumais, the director of police services, at a bar. Her lawsuit claims she was ordered to kiss him as part of an initiation ritual just weeks after she was hired. On the night Mr Dumais allegedly forced Ms Williams to kiss him, he had a bet with a colleague on who could have sex with the officer first, the suit alleges. The accused officers allegedly forced Ms Williams into some sickening initiation rituals She claims she was later pressured into necking another Fireball shot when Mr Dumais allegedly "put his … [Read more...] about Town’s first female police officer ‘forced to have oral sex with married colleague as initiation’

More than 2,800 strip searches on children as young as eight have been recorded across England and Wales, with more than half taking place without an appropriate adult present. The strip searches have been carried out by police forces across the country - although some have not given any data to the report. The research was prompted by the Children’s Commissioner’s after she made a promise to Child Q telling her she would try to stop what happened to her, happening to another child. Child Q is a 15-year-old black girl who was stripped by four female Met Police officers after she was wrongly accused of possessing cannabis, last March. At the time Child Q said: “Someone walked into the school, where I was supposed to feel safe, took me away from the people who were supposed to protect me and stripped me naked, while on my period. "On the top of preparing for the most important exams of my life. I can't go a single day without wanting to scream, shout, cry or just give up. "I … [Read more...] about Worst police forces for strip searching children as young as eight ranked

An Amazon delivery driver has gone viral after he casually dropped off a package in the middle of an armed police standoff. A recent video on TikTok shows an Amazon worker in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, driving into a cul-de-sac full of armed police officers without a care in the world. In the footage, which was filmed on March 18, the driver nonchalantly walks past the armed officers looking for the customer's door. The person recording the video can be heard saying: "Amazon hard at work. In the midst of a standoff, he's going to deliver his package." When the driver arrives he pulls out a small box on the driveway much to the bafflement of officers. Police immediately tell the Amazon worker to stop walking as they take the customer's box off him. The driver then walks back to his van after taking a quick picture of the scene as evidence. View the TikTok video here: At least six police cars were at the scene with the reason behind the standoff still … [Read more...] about Amazon delivery driver casually drops off package in middle of armed police standoff

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for March 29 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. South African police have launched a manhunt for convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester who escaped from a privately-run maximum security prison in the Free State province under bizarre circumstances. Bester, known as the "Facebook rapist," was found guilty in 2012 of raping two women and killing one after luring them with the social media platform. In March last year officials reported that he had died in a fire in his cell at the Mangaung Correctional Center, near Bloemfontein. But now it appears Bester escaped from his cell amid the fire and has been living lavishly in Johannesburg's posh Hyde Park suburb. SOUTH AFRICAN PROTESTS CONTINUE AS DEMONSTRATORS CALL FOR THE PRESIDENT TO RESIGN According to information first revealed by the South African news outlet GroundUp and confirmed by the … [Read more...] about South African police launch manhunt for convicted rapist, murder who escaped from prison

close Video Violent teen crime wave sweeping country Pastor John MacArthur tells 'The Ingraham Angle' the young in this society have smashed every divine restraint down. Metropolitan police in Washington, D.C. gave an update Tuesday morning on a shooting that left 13-year-old Karon Blake, who was accused of breaking into cars over the weekend, dead in the city's Northeast area. Chief Robert Contee spoke about the Saturday morning shooting for the first time on Tuesday to address the "misinformation" and "assumptions" about the incident floating around the community. "There's been too much misinformation swirling around this incident, too many people have made assumptions about this case, and it is unfair to the grieving family," Contee said. "Spreading of inaccurate information is dangerous, reckless, and has the potential to adversely impact the investigation and the relationships in our community." He added that the department … [Read more...] about Washington, DC, teen’s shooting death not ‘centered around race,’ police chief criticizes misinformation

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for March 29 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Northern Mexico has developed such a habit of exotic animals and violence, that people not only keep tigers as pets, they steal them. Prosecutors in the violent northern state of Sonora said Tuesday they are searching for a full-grown Bengal tiger named Baluma. They said the 5-year-old male tiger was stolen Monday from a home in the state capital, Hermosillo. They said the owners had the proper paperwork needed to keep the animal . AMERICAN SHOT AT MEXICO TOURIST HOTSPOT AMID SPRING BREAK TRAVEL FEARS Police are searching for a tiger that was stolen from a home Monday in northern Mexico. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Prosecutors distributed photos of the big cat resting in its cage alongside a dog, hoping residents will phone police if they see the tiger. … [Read more...] about Police search for tiger stolen from home in northern Mexico

Two Black men, one of whom said he was shot in the mouth by a deputy while handcuffed, plan to sue a local sheriff’s department in Mississippi, claiming that deputies beat them and used “waterboarding techniques” and a stun gun on them during a raid in January, according to their lawyer. A letter of intent to sue, sent to Rankin County officials in February by their lawyer, Malik Shabazz, said that the men, Michael Corey Jenkins, 32, and Eddie Terrell Parker, 35, were at Mr. Parker’s house in Braxton, a mostly white community about 25 miles south of Jackson, on Jan. 24, when six or seven sheriff’s deputies raided the home without a warrant. For at least 90 minutes, Mr. Shabazz said in an interview on Wednesday, the deputies, who are white, handcuffed, beat and stunned the men with Tasers, and held guns to their heads, during an “extreme interrogation” in which they were accused of drug possession and “dating white women.” Mr. Jenkins was shot in the mouth, with the bullet exiting … [Read more...] about Two Black Men, One Shot in the Mouth, Plan to Sue Mississippi Deputies

A metal barrel containing the remains of a person killed about four decades ago was found on Sunday on the shore of Nevada’s Lake Mead, a discovery that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said was made possible by an ongoing drought. “It’s really odd in the sense that had the lake never receded, we would never have discovered the body,” Lt. Ray Spencer of the Police Department said by phone on Monday. Lieutenant Spencer said the police were trying to learn the victim’s identity. He said in a statement on Tuesday that investigators believe the victim died from a gunshot wound. Lieutenant Spencer declined to share details about the victim, including a possible age or sex. Based on the clothing and footwear that the victim was found with, investigators believe the person was killed in the mid-1970s or early 1980s, Lieutenant Spencer said. The drop in the lake’s water level could result in other bodies being found at the lake, Lieutenant Spencer said. Rangers … [Read more...] about Body From Decades-Old Homicide Is Found in Barrel at Lake Mead