Met Police in race row after arresting black mother over bus fare

Met Police in race row after arresting black mother over bus fare

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he Metropolitan Police was on Monday facing another race row storm after four officers arrested a black woman in front of her “distressed” young son because they wrongly believed she had dodged paying her bus fare.

The force confirmed it has referred itself to the Office for Police Conduct to investigate the incident that took place in Croydon on Friday, July 21.