‘Broken Yard’ is an eye-opening account of how corruption, racism and mismanagement at Britain’s most famous police force caused it to fall from a position of unparalleled influence to the troubled and discredited force of today, barely trusted by its Westminster masters and almost unable to perform its most basic function: the protection of the public. From the Stephen Lawrence case to the murder of Sarah Everard, Tom Harper examines the most notorious cases involving the Met over the past 30 years. The result is a devastating picture of a world-famous police force riven with corruption.

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