2,000 black Londoners still on much-criticised police Gang Matrix database Scotland Yard top cop Sir Mark Rowley says he'll act over warning by London Mayor Sadiq Khan that the system discriminates by LeahMahon_
Scotland Yard top cop Sir Mark Rowley says he'll act over warning by London Mayor Sadiq Khan that the system discriminatesOVER 1,000 young black men have been removed from the Metropolitan’s Police Gang Matrix, but nearly 2,000 are still trapped in the “discriminatory” system.
“Sadly, there is a reality that levels of violent crime do disproportionally affect young black men – both in terms of victimisation and offending – and our tactics do need to be targeted so we can protect those most at risk,” the top police chief told“However, it is not appropriate that the matrix further amplifies this disproportionality. As an immediate response, we are removing all the lowest-risk individuals. This represents 65%, or more than 1,100 people.
Speaking at the time, Mr Khan said: “We know that gang-related violence still accounts for a significant proportion of the most serious violence in London and the matrix is a necessary enforcement tool as well as a means to support and intervention. However, anti-racism campaigners still slammed the progress as “long-overdue” and called for the system to be “dismantled in its entirety”.
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