I DO NOT TRUST OR RESPECT THE MET POLICE! I’ve watched the awful video of a black woman & her child being terrorised by @metpoliceuk officers AND @TfL staff over a £1.75 bus fare that had actually been paid. So what happens now?!? Literally the same thing that always happens… The Met Police will walk away without taking responsibility for their actions & will justify the arrest, handcuffing & the actions of these incompetent officers & shift the blame towards the victim. It’s a tried & trusted Met Police tactic that’s served them so well historically.

So this happened to my young @mentivity staff members as they were on their lunch break. The @metpoliceuk aren’t fit for purpose. They made these young men feel like criminals, whilst disregarding all they said and being childishly antagonistic… There was no real justification for the stop based on evidence, the main officer doesn’t understand his role, the law or how to engage people with respect. These type of officers aren’t needed or wanted. The TSG (Territorial Support Group) in particular are serial culprits.

A black 15 year old girl was strip searched at her school by the @metpoliceuk whilst she was on her period and this was sanctioned by her school. No public outrage. A cat gets kicked by a black man, there’s global outrage along with calls for him to be sacked and prosecuted Zouma is now being prosecuted by the RSPCA for his actions. Swift actions in record time for feline justice. #ChildQ was strip searched TWO years ago at her school and there has been no justice. In fact the Met and the school have tried to keep it quiet as per usual.

There was more global outrage about a cat being kicked & abused by a Black man, than a 15 year old Black girl being strip searched by the @metpoliceuk with the support of her school whilst she was menstruating. To many white people in this country, Black lives will never matter. Black children and Black trauma do not matter, Black dehumanisation doesn’t matter, Black people aren’t seen as human because many white people have been socialised to see us as inferior. Hence why our pain, tears, outrage, and routine injustices don’t mean a thing to the world.

Clip filmed by an eyewitness, listen to what he says at the end. The witness saw the whole encounter. “Section 1” “Stop & Search” & “Obstruction” were only mentioned as they forcefully restrained my cousin without clearly explaining why they were stopping or detaining him prior. At no point was Levi cycling on the pavement or obstructing the officers. As officers of the law they MUST... STATE who they are, provide their ID number and what station they are from. CLEARLY explain why they are wanting to conduct a search and what they are looking for...

Levi was coming to the end of his 12 hour shift when he was aggressively approached by officers as he set off from Morley’s to deliver his orders, detained without a specific reason and intimidated repeatedly. This happened on Deptford High Street on Saturday 19th June 2021 He was taken to Lewisham Police Station without justification, kept overnight with no phone call to let his Mum or any other family know of his whereabouts and kept in a cell for over 16 hours, during which time he had to routinely beg for water...

I want to see a mugshot of @metpoliceuk officer Wayne Couzens who killed an innocent woman, abused his position as a public servant & failed to uphold his oath. I want to see pictures of this killer in his police uniform & not smiling in pictures like he’s committed a petty crime This is where you see the blatant agenda & the classic humanisation of white criminals by the establishment & media. For every young black male that has broken the law, been murdered like my mentee Rhyhiem Barton or just a suspect, we get mugshots & pictures that portray evil

The community must Police the Police, it’s us that must force them to be accountable.

“The police are the public & the public are the police”

It’s clear that Cressida Dick is part of the problem, a true lack of leadership, constant denial of institutional racism & an enabler But it’s not just her, there are officers within the Police that have this very same view around institutional racism, casual misconduct without fear of consequence. They’ve been enabled & protected by their Commissioner to have these views whilst serving in the force.

So this happened to me last week and I debated at length whether or not I share this widely. I spoke with my family extensively, watched the video over and over again and mulled it over for seven days... What I realised is that I have an obligation as a postive, upstanding black man in my community, to share this and highlight the constant mistreatment, lack of respect and oppression we face at the hands of the @metpoliceuk on a daily basis