There's A Reason The Nuremberg Trials Didn't Waste Time With Littering And Petty Theft...

Cmdr James Harman, the head of the Met’s anti-corruption and abuse command, said: “As soon as we were made aware of these allegations we acted to launch an investigation. I am pleased that following the determined work of officers we have been able to secure these charges.

“We are working relentlessly to rebuild the trust of the public, which has understandably been dented by a number of high-profile incidents and investigations in recent years which have involved officers or former officers.”

Maybe you should work a bit harder on those serving officers committing actual crimes today, rather than on people who swapped off colour jokes on a private chat group after they'd left your employ..?

It is alleged all six were in a WhatsApp group and the messages that led to the criminal charges were sent and received between August 2018 and September 2022, after their service in the Met had ended, the force said.

Utterly pathetic.  

The Worst Really Are 'Full Of Passionate Intensity', Aren't They?

Particularly when it comes from the Met Police's social media account:

I guess the nauseating spectacle of some of their officers kneeling in supplication before jeering protestors in Downing Street wasn't enough.

And then one of their hapless fools checked the calendar and followed that up with this:

It beggars belief that anyone could bring themselves to type that guff. But I guess a job is a job, right?