Police apologized only after homophobic slurs surfaced

A Metropolitan Police officer stands on duty in Westminster, London, Britain, October 1, 2021. (Photo: REUTERS/Toby Melville)

British police apologised on Tuesday after an investigation found that officers had discussed beating women and made racist and homophobic slurs and that one officer had messaged a female colleague to say he would rape her.

Confidence in London’s police…