The guardian
Met only authorised baton rounds for black-led events, FOI reveals
Metropolitan police approved their use at Notting Hill carnival and Black Lives Matter protests in 2020The only events for which Metropolitan police chiefs authorised the potential use of baton rounds in the past six years were black-led gatherings, documents show.The weapons, intended to be a less lethal alternative to regular firearms, have been cleared for
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