The London Metropolitan Police says 40% of new recruits from black, Asian and other minority backgrounds will have to be recruited by 2022, Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Friday, focusing on a broader effort to make the city's main police force more representative. Declared Seeks to dispel allegations of racism and discrimination against minorities. The plan also calls on the metropolitan police to take other steps to end discrimination and racism, including a review of all traffic stops, Sadiq Khan said this summer. Demonstrations have highlighted the need to change police attitudes, and more recently a new light on discrimination. "We need to do more to improve the confidence of black Londoners in the police service, and to ensure that police forces do not unduly influence them," he said on Twitter. In an unusual public confession, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement Friday that it acknowledged the pain of black communities in London, and called for "an end to the abuse of power by black Londoners."
