Dame Cressida Dick defends Sarah Everard vigil crackdown amidst Scotland Yard protests
Telegraph, 15 Mar 2021
Dame Cressida Dick on Sunday night defended her force's handling of the Sarah Everard vigil and said lockdown laws had left the police in an "invidious" position.
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, who insisted she would not resign, said her officers were having to interpret Covid restrictions while applying common sense and discretion as she hit out at "armchair" critics who attacked the police when they got it wrong.
She spoke as protesters gathered outside New Scotland Yard to denounce the Met's handling of the vigil.
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The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, who insisted she would not resign, said her officers were having to interpret Covid restrictions while applying common sense and discretion as she hit out at "armchair" critics who attacked the police when they got it wrong.
She spoke as protesters gathered outside New Scotland Yard to denounce the Met's handling of the vigil.
Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/14/dame-cressida-dick-defends-sarah-everards-vigil-crackdown/
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