'I would happily rape you': Police officers who sent racist, homophobic and sexist messages claimed it was ‘banter’
manchestereveningnews.co.ukShocking messages, including some referring to rape, were exchanged between police officers who claimed it was ‘banter’, a watchdog has found.
Officers from the Metropolitan Police exchanged highly offensive racist, sexist and homophobic messages in WhatsApp and Facebook chats.
One message stated: “I would happily rape you” while another read “if I was single I would happily chloroform you”. READ MORE: Details of the messages were detailed in a shocking report from the Independent Office for Police Conduct into now-disbanded Metropolitan Police teams.
Homophobic language was also used, including one entry that said “f*** you bender”, and a number of racist messages including references to African children, Somali people and Auschwitz that are too offensive to print.
