Zeroed out
Criticism of the way the Notting Hill carnival was policed takes too simple a view of the issues
PITY London's Metropolitan police service. It has been widely condemned for its handling of last month's Notting Hill carnival in London, at which two people were murdered and 19 were stabbed—despite the presence of 7,500 police officers. Since the publication in 1999 of the Macpherson report into the murder of a black teenager, Stephen Lawrence, the Met has been routinely lambasted for its allegedly heavy-handed treatment of London's ethnic minorities. Now the force stands accused of negligent leniency in its policing of the carnival, an annual and boisterous celebration of Afro-Caribbean culture and diversity.
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