On May 28th, Officer Omar Edwards was shot and killed while out of uniform by fellow officer Andrew Dunton. Edwards is black, Dunton is white.

The case of John Worboys, a black cab driver who is suspected of raping or sexually assaulting up to a hundred women in London, has brought to light the many failings of the police in their handling of rape cases. The latest news on this depressing front is that a special sexual assault investigation was severely understaffed as stolen cars were considered to have higher priority than rape cases.