Suella Braverman has been accused of trying to “delegitimise” the Chris Kaba murder case by expressing her support for armed police officers.
It comes after more than 100 officers handed in their weapons at the weekend to protest one of their colleagues being charged with the murder of Kaba, a 24-year-old Black man, in south London.
The Ministry of Defence, which was ready to send in soldiers as police cover, has since told troops to stand down as firearms officers returned to duty yesterday. But the revolt led the home secretary to order a review of armed police and say officers “mustn’t fear ending up in the dock”.
