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Former Met cop is guilty of sending racist text
Daily Express
|November 07, 2023
A FORMER police officer has been convicted of sending a grossly offensive racist message on WhatsApp.
Michael Chadwell, 62, posted a graphic created by someone else and shared on social media in a private group made up of retired Metropolitan Police officers in September last year.
A picture showed different coloured parrots above an image of children of different races, with text saying: "Why do we cherish the variety of colour in every species... but our own?" Underneath, a comment in response said: "Because I've never had a bike stolen out of my front yard by a parrot."
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Chadwell, from Liss, Hampshire, last month denied one count of sending by public communication a grossly offensive racist message. But he has been found guilty after a trial at City of London magistrates' court.
His five co-defendants, also former Met officers, last month admitted sending grossly offensive racist messages in the same group.
This story is from the November 07, 2023 edition of Daily Express.
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