In an Op-Ed in The Times, it has been written that the Met Police is to be blamed for a string of incidents, the most recent one being the Euro2020 finale at Wembley Stadium where law and order were terribly disturbed.
It read, “The charge sheet against the Metropolitan Police was already a long one. It extends from the heavy-handed attempts to break up the Sarah Everard protests in March which contrasted with the extraordinarily light touch taken against Extinction Rebellion protesters when they paralysed London for two weeks in 2019; from its handling of the Daniel Morgan murder investigation, which led to an official inquiry to brand the force “institutionally corrupt”; to Operation Midland, the Westminster sex abuse investigation that ruined the lives of innocent public figures on the testimony of a fantasist.”
The write up also mentions that this string of issues that also includes “allegations that officers posed for selfies with the bodies of the victims of the Wembley park murders to the apparent failure to investigate PC Wayne Couzens, who was reported for indecent exposure before he murdered Everard.”
The Times also reported that many ticket-holders, including families with children, found their seats seized by louts, leaving some unable to watch the game. Stewards, many of them casual staff hired for £10 an hour, were overwhelmed or allegedly bribed. A number of spectators were injured.
Incidents of drunken violence occurred in central London, and it was an embarrassment that an event of global importance and level was dealt with so poorly.
The Op-Ed points a finger at the Met Police by stating, “The stadium was only two thirds full because of Covid19 restrictions, so those without tickets knew there were more than 20,000 empty seats.”
“The violence shamed Britain and it should shame the Met too,” the story added.
