I already knew the Met had abused their power at Sarah Everard’s vigil

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I remember a year ago, after the vigil, being told that we shouldn’t have been there, people sending me death threats and taking the side of the police. I’m not sure what they could have found funny at a “year on” vigil for someone who was murdered by one of their own, especially when since then we’ve seen messages from Charing Cross police officers riddled with racism and sexism. To keep up to speed with all the latest opinions and comment, sign up to our free weekly Voices Dispatches newsletter by clicking here To think that police have been allowed to get away with so much with little to no consequences, withholding the power they have and using it in the worst way, I wonder what’s next to come from the Met. It’s a spectrum that begins with hate towards women, from objectification, vulgar comments in a friendship group, leading to incel behaviour, power dynamics and then assault.