The Casey Review Which Shook The Met
Reflections on the Casey Review It was a sadly predictable scene which will doubtless be repeated time and time again following the publication of the Casey Report. ULEZ protesters were gathering in Trafalgar Square on the Saturday before publication but after the contents had been leaked. A male approached two police liaison officers, identifiable by their light blue tabards. He wasted no time in accusing them of being misogynistic, corrupt racists. One of the officers politely responded, attempting to explain that whilst there clearly were issues, he and the majority of officers were not. The male quickly escalated the conversation to the point where he was shouting at the officers, “Arrest me then, go on, arrest me.” There was never, even the remotest indication that the officer was contemplating arrest. The male, later identified as an individual who attended anti-lockdown/anti-vaccine protests and who sported a prominent Hells Angel logo on his jacket, then wandered of