Watchdog receives 51 allegations of Met police racism in two months

Scale of allegations revealed as Boris Johnson announces review of measures to eradicate racism within force.

Fifty-one complaints related to allegations of racism by Metropolitan police officers have been made to the police watchdog over the past two months, it has emerged.

The scale of allegations was revealed by the Labour chair of London's police and crime committee, Joanne McCartney, as she challenged the London mayor, Boris Johnson, in his first appearance in front of the committee since it replaced the Metropolitan Police Authority.

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