Chief Constable of South Yorkshire, Lauren Poultney, is the third Head of an English police constabulary to apologise publicly for past targeting by her force of the LGBT+ community. Responding to the #ApologiseNow campaign launched by Peter Tatchell with backing from the late comedian Paul O’Grady, she writes: “My reply is an official apology from…
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The Peter Tatchell Foundation comments on historic allegations relating to the treatment of the LGBT+ community by the West Midlands Police. West Midland’s Chief Constable was challenged at Birmingham Pride over his force’s refusal to apologise for its past witch-hunting of the LGBT+ community. The first request for an apology was made at Birmingham Pride…