Bereaved mother: Met police boss ‘all about protecting the brand’
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} A bereaved mother has accused Dame Cressida Dick of “smokescreening” to protect the Metropolitan Police “brand” over issues with officers sharing highly disturbing messages on WhatsApp. Ms Smallman said: “People thought I was being overly emotional and criticising the police on an isolated incident, but my instincts told me that that just wasn’t wasn’t the case. So she would have known that this wasn’t an isolated incident.” Ms Smallman added: “When this report came out, I thought: ‘You knew, you knew, and you were all about protecting the brand.
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