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SLEEPER

April 16, 2022

Undercover in the police, a whistleblower emerges with an archive of hate. A POLICE whistleblower has come forward with a sickening archive of racist, sexist and homophobic material that he secretly collected over three decades undercover. The vile cache of hardcore material covers a period in London from the Brixton riots in 1981 to the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard last year by a serving Metropolitan police officer. In that time, the whistleblower quietly observed the toxic canteen culture as it migrated from offensive material posted on police station noticeboards to private groups of officers using encrypted social

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UNTRUE CRIME

March 19, 2022

Channel Four whitewash drama to turn corrupt cop into whistleblowing hero Channel 4 is developing a “true crime drama” that whitewashes the corruption of the senior detective who investigated the notorious axe murder of Daniel Morgan. The trial of four suspects for the 1987 murder of the south London private investigator collapsed in 2011 after details of corrupt acts by detective chief superintendent David Cook emerged in court. Since then further evidence of Cook’s persistent and varied misconduct has emerged in a successful damages claim brought by the defendants. Six high court judges found he had perverted the course of

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‘DIRTY ASIAN CUNT’

October 13, 2021

What the police and watchdog did when a female officer texted this. The multiple inquiries into a toxic police culture launched in the wake of the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard would do well to also examine the culture of cover up in professional standards departments that are supposedly rooting out misogyny, sexism and racism in the ranks. The Upsetter has learned of a case in Derbyshire police that is shrouded in secrecy. The events that follow took place in the shadow of the Everard case. They reveal how a professional standards department (PSD) turned a blind eye to

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MAXCOIN

June 5, 2021

Mosley Puffed By ‘Independent’ Film He Funded Max Mosley will be lionised in an “independent” documentary made by a film company in which he and his wife are major shareholders, The Upsetter can reveal. Mosley: It’s Complicated, which is billed as “unauthorised”, is expected in cinemas next month. Actor Hugh Grant is among the fawning usual suspects to be found praising Mosley for taking on the press after a tabloid sting in 2008 exposed his predilection for sadomasochistic orgies with prostitutes. The documentary makers were granted special access to the scandal-ridden Formula One motor racing boss turned privacy campaigner, who died of cancer

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BLACK DEATH: AN UPDATE

May 22, 2021

Met police to examine corruption in 1959 racist murder   The Metropolitan police will examine corruption concerns surrounding the unsolved murder of a black man in Notting Hill after his family petitioned for an apology on the 62nd anniversary of his violent death at the hands of racists. It follows an exclusive article published by The Upsetter with journalist Mark Olden, whose investigation into the murder of Kelso Cochrane in 1959 has raised questions about the police handling of the case. Asked if the Met would apologise and support the Cochrane family’s call for release of National Archives files, that are

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