Scotland Yard Captured by “Woke Mind Virus” and No Longer Treats Citizens Equally, Says Whistleblower

A veteran Metropolitan Police officer has accused Scotland Yard of being captured by the “woke mind virus”, claiming the force has spent more than a decade pursuing equality of outcome between ethnic groups rather than equal treatment under the law. Rick Prior, former chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, makes the claims in a foreword to a Free Speech Union report into the policies and training materials that inevitably led to the police believing Henry Nowak’s murderer over his victim. The Telegraph has the story:

Scotland Yard has been captured by the “woke mind virus” and no longer treats citizens equally under the law, a veteran police officer has claimed.

Rick Prior, the former chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said the force had prioritised equalising outcomes among different ethnic groups over ensuring equality of opportunity for more than a decade.

He said this had led to a loss of skills in the force and had affected the policing of London’s streets.

He also claimed the force had rejected his suggestions that officers should be banned from wearing political symbols, such as rainbow lanyards representing the LGBT community, after he was invited to draw up new guidelines on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) last summer.

Forces across the country are facing an ongoing row about the impact of EDI policy in policing in the wake of the murder of Henry Nowak in Southampton.

The 18 year-old university student was arrested and handcuffed as he was dying after his killer, Vickrum Digwa, who is Sikh, falsely claimed that Mr Nowak had racially abused him and knocked his turban off.

Forces are under mounting pressure to review their EDI policies and rethink their Race Action Plans.

In a foreword to a report by the Free Speech Union (FSU) into the Nowak case, Mr Prior described his concerns about the state of the country’s largest force....<<<Read More>>>...