Met oficers seen wearing divisive ‘thin blue line’ symbol at sensitive protests despite orders to remove them

Metropolitan police officers are openly defying orders not to wear badges appropriated by the far right and linked to white supremacy.

In July, the force’s chief, Mark Rowley, banned officers from wearing the “thin blue line” badge saying that in the US an equivalent symbol had been used by “hard-right groups”.

However, images have emerged of Met officers wearing the symbol late last month as they policed a stand-off between LGBTQ+ rights supporters and a rightwing group over a drag act’s performance at the Honor Oak pub in Lewisham, south London.

  • ReCursing@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Being a member of a fascist group should be a firing offence in the police, or at least reason for extreme scrutiny because there’s next to no chance the member is not an arsehole who is going to abuse their power and hurt people.

      • ReCursing@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        You’re not wrong as they currently stand. They don’t need to be but we must always assume that ACAB and they must win our trust individually. The organisation as a whole overtly banning fascists and firing fascists for being fascists would help