<!-- wp:html --><p>Dozens of London police officers began refusing to patrol with firearms on Sunday after an officer was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old Black man. The unusual shooting – and subsequent charge – are opening fissures in British culture wars amid a public crisis of confidence in London’s police force. </p><!-- /wp:html -->
Dozens of London police officers began refusing to patrol with firearms on Sunday after an officer was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 24-year-old Black man. The unusual shooting – and subsequent charge – are opening fissures in British culture wars amid a public crisis of confidence in London’s police force.