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Police Scotland force is institutionally racist, chief constable says

Guardian, 25 May 2023
Police Scotland has publicly acknowledged the force is institutionally racist and discriminatory after an independent review group's report was published detailing first-hand accounts from officers and staff of racism, sexism and homophobia.
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'It is right for me, as chief constable, to clearly state that institutional racism, sexism, misogyny and discrimination exist,' its chief constable, Iain Livingstone, told a meeting of the Scottish Police Authority that was livestreamed online on Thursday. Livingstone’s statement came midway through an independent inquiry into the death of Sheku Bayoh, a black man who died after being restrained by officers in Kirkcaldy in 2015.

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