By Sammie Jones-
A Muslim police officer has shamed the met police, after being exposed as a racist who posted anti-semetic messages. 26 year old Ruby Begum, had been hailed as a role model for bravely confronting anti-lockdown protesters.
She has now been exposed for using the offensive term ‘kuffar’ to describe non-believers, and was in regular contact with a suspected female jihadist in Syria.
Writing in July 2014: ‘Kuffar lips have been all over my mug there is no way I’m using that thing again.’ Elsewhere she describes Pakistanis as ‘p***s’.
The Mail on Sunday exposed the police constable as 26-year-old Ruby Begum, who in the months before joining the Metropolitan Police in 2016 used Twitter to insult Jews and mock the 9/11 attacks.
The Met Police are facing important questions as to how they missed signs of her suitability for the post of police officer. The British police force have a bad reputation for being not only soft on racism, but being institutionally racist.
The Met has referred the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. Miss Begum has been placed on ‘restricted duties’, after Scotland Yard launched a probe and referred the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
It will consider whether the vetting process should or could have flagged up social media activity – and whether Ms Begum should have declared it.
The force said in a statement: ‘There is no place within the Met for any racist, homophobic or otherwise hateful attitudes and officers and staff can expect robust action should they be found to hold or express such views.
‘The information provided by the Mail on Sunday regarding a Police Constable’s social media posts is concerning and is being treated very seriously.
‘Following that assessment, the Met made a voluntary referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct who determined that the matter should be investigated locally.