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Met Police: Some officers are racist, professional standards chief admits
A senior officer has admitted racism remains a problem in the Metropolitan Police, after two black colleagues told the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú it was getting worse.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Bas Javid told Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Two's Newsnight some officers "have racist views and are racist".
But he denied the Met was a "racist organisation".
One officer said a supervisor used a racist slur against him. Another said senior leaders suggested black people were not clever enough for the Met.
Sima Kotecha reports.
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