The Sheku Bayoh Inquiry is currently examining whether race was a factor in the 31-year-old’s death while being restrained by police in 2015.
A former police officer has told the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry that he was subject to racist discrimination during his 24 years in the force
The abuse included, he said, a “plot” by colleagues to force him out of the job while he was still on probation, colleagues failing to respond to his calls for back-up, and resentment from fellow officers who thought he had only got particular jobs because of his skin colour. “I can’t sit here and say that I wasn’t discriminated against. You know, some people thought that I got certain jobs just because of my colour, so it was never a case for me getting a job and being accepted.”
He also described two occasions where he was subject to formal investigations following complaints against him from members of the public that, he said, had “no substance”. In May 2023 Sir Iain gave a statement in which he said: “Institutional racism, sexism, misogyny and discrimination exist. Police Scotland is institutionally racist and discriminatory.”
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