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Title: Police murder probes 'hit by institutional homophobia'
Post by: LostInTime on May 15, 2007, 08:17:35 AM
Post by: LostInTime on May 15, 2007, 08:17:35 AM
Edinburgh Evening News UK (http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=753922007)
SCOTLAND Yard's reaction to murders and attacks on the gay community has been marred by "institutional" homophobia, a new report said today.
An independent review into how the Metropolitan Police investigated the murders of ten gay men or transsexuals between 1990 and 2002 found officers were hampered by a lack of knowledge, reliance of stereotypes and personal prejudices.
SCOTLAND Yard's reaction to murders and attacks on the gay community has been marred by "institutional" homophobia, a new report said today.
An independent review into how the Metropolitan Police investigated the murders of ten gay men or transsexuals between 1990 and 2002 found officers were hampered by a lack of knowledge, reliance of stereotypes and personal prejudices.