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London mayor calls for independent investigation into Metropolitan Police's actions at Sarah Everard vigil

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direct to your inboxLondon mayor Sadiq Khan has called for an independent investigation into the Metropolitan Police's actions at a vigil in memory of Sarah Everard.

He said Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick failed to provide him with a satisfactory explanation.Mr Khan said he would be asking HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and the Independent Office for Police Conduct to look into the events on Saturday night, after officers clashed with crowds who gathered to remember the 33-year-old on Clapham Common.He said the scenes at the vigil were 'completely unacceptable', despite having received assurances from Scotland Yard last week that it would be policed 'sensitively'."In my view, this was not the case," he said.Mr Khan said: "I asked the.

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