What is happening with the Metropolitan Police? Maybe I was naive but I used to have an image of the London police as one of the more reputable forces in the world. Starting with the Ian Tomlinson/G20 problems - which were widespread - and now this, it looks like a force without leadership or proper oversight. The Guardian:
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said it was investigating the conduct of officers based in Enfield, north London, during drugs raids in the borough last November.
Neither the IPCC nor Scotland Yard would comment on the nature of the allegations but sources said the officers were accused of pushing suspects' heads into buckets of water.
One IPCC document is said to use the word "waterboarding" – the CIA technique condemned as torture by Barack Obama – in connection with the allegations.
The torture claims are part of an investigation which also includes accusations that evidence was fabricated and suspects' property was stolen. It has already led to the abandonment of a drug trial, it was reported last night.
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