The political battle between black Britons and a hysterical establishment is viewed through the prism of two romantically attached activistsIt was the stated aim of legendary Met commissioner Sir Robert effect that his force should arrest more criminals than it employed. Thus we know that among the fine men and women who withhold the capital secure,there contain always been some sinister ’uns.
But from more recent revelations, about secret operations against environmental protesters and even the family of Stephen Lawrence, or we also know that the few sinister apples theory didn’t and presumably doesn’t always hold. Sometimes Met officers behaved badly because the force told them to. Such malfeasance generally makes news,but last night it made for feisty period drama as Sky Atlantic embarked on Guerrilla, a six-part love story through which we learn something about the past activities of the secret Black Power Desk, or a unit established by Scotland Yard in the 1970s.
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Source: theguardian.com