A former Met Police officer has been suspended by the Home Office after he set up a WhatsApp chat flooded with racist memes and messages.
Rob Lewis has been put on leave from his UK Border Force job over "abhorrent" texts by him and others, with some alleged to include the repeated use of the word "P*ki".
There was at least one joke about the recent devastating flooding in Pakistan, where 1,700 have died and millions were displaced. Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley added: “My plan for reform in the Met is already under way. I will be ruthless in rooting out those corrupting officers and staff, including racists and misogynists, from our organisation.
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