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Kevin Maxwell

@kevin_maxwell

Kevin Maxwell is a writer, advocate and former detective of both the Greater Manchester Police and the London Metropolitan Police. He was born in Liverpool, spent a decade in Manchester and now lives in London. His book, Forced Out, about his time in the police, is published by Granta.

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Racism blighted my police career. Nothing has changed

Ward and several other passengers repeatedly drove around the venue, shouting abuse at those inside
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As a black former detective I know just how racist the Met really is

A church was forced to step in to save an LGBT+ prom event after homophobic opponents compromised event
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As a black gay man, I won’t be marching at Pride – here’s why

Shana Grice
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As a former detective, I'm not surprised the police keep failing women

Flowers and tributes left for 18-year-old Israel Ogunsola, who was stabbed to death in Hackney last April
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Police don’t understand how to stop knife crime among young black men

Peter Casuccio pointed his gun at the young black boys and shot off nothing more than a stern talking-to
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The Ohio policeman didn't shoot the two black boys. They were lucky

Metropolitan Police commissioner Cressida Dick, centre, walks with officers through Stoke Newington in north London
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As a black former detective, I am worried about stop and search

The hearse carrying the coffin of PC Keith Palmer leaves the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft within the Palace of Westminster
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PC Palmer died an exemplar of the best of our police service

LGBT people of colour are still discriminated against on the gay scene
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Racism is rife in the LGBT community

Peter Tatchell (right) leads protesters disrupting a speech by Jeremy Corbyn to demand more action in Aleppo, in London on 10 December
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Peter Tatchell's protest is the kind of stunt that fuels Ukip

The former Conservative MP has remarked upon the trial of Thomas Mair, the murderer of Labour MP Jo Cox
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Sorry Louise Mensch, you don't get to decide how the law works

Toddlers will no longer required to provide information about their place of birth, but what about other schoolchildren?
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Theresa May's U-turn on toddlers' birth data isn't good enough

Barack Obama has played golf more than 300 times during his eight years in the White House
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Barack Obama was an inspiration for so many – we should celebrate that

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Barack Obama was an inspiration for so many – we should celebrate that

Barack Obama has played golf more than 300 times during his eight years in the White House
Tory MP Sam Gyimah bore the brunt of internet outrage because of his filibustering
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Calm down, the Tories haven’t abandoned Alan Turing

Alan Turing, who was convicted of gross indecency in 1952, was granted a royal pardon in 2013
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I was forced to police the sex lives of gay men like me

The London Metropolitan police introduced the hijab 15 years ago
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Hijabs aren't going to encourage more Muslim women to join the police

Gabby Douglas has been criticised for being unpatriotic
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How would we respond if Gabby Douglas made a false police report?

Gabby Douglas has been criticised for being unpatriotic
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How would we respond if Gabby Douglas made a false police report?

Police were attacked by a gang in Shadwell, East London this weekend
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Violence against the police is no way to fight discrimination

Newly appointed British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson leaves his home in north London
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Boris Johnson was bad for our country – now he's bad for the world

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As a black ex-police officer, I am sorrowful and conflicted this week

Theresa May has announced her candidacy for leader of the Conservative Party
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As a black police officer, I know Theresa May would make a good PM

The emergency services and volunteers take part in a simulated terror attack at the Trafford Centre on 10 May, 2016 in Manchester, England.
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My view as a former policeman on the 'Allahu Akbar' fake terrorist

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When it comes to Brexit gay people should ignore Boris Johnson

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As a black former policeman, this is what I think of Brussels

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The racist responses to UK Black Pride have made me ashamed

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When it comes to Brexit gay people should ignore Boris Johnson

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As a black former policeman, this is what I think of Brussels

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The racist responses to UK Black Pride have made me ashamed

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Why I'm tired of the gay community's obsession with Hillary Clinton

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Why I'm tired of the gay community's obsession with Hillary Clinton

Stonewall, which marches at London Pride, is working with firms in the professions to promote equality
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The Stonewall list was great - we need one for BAME people

There were reports today that Cleveland constabulary used anti-terror powers to snoop on whistleblowers
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As a gay black ex-officer, this is what I think about police diversity

Minister for Government Policy, Oliver Letwin, outside Downing Street
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I was one of those black British people Letwin wrote his memo about

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Why Remembrance Day makes me feel excluded as a person of colour

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Why Remembrance Day makes me feel excluded as a person of colour

A nurse tends to recovering patients on a general ward at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital on March 16, 2010 in Birmingham, England
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Here's how black people have helped make Britain great

Anti-Fascism protesters carry a banner through Liverpool which reads 'Get in the sea, Nazis'
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'The humiliation of neo-Nazis in Liverpool makes me proud to be a

A member of the Pride parade in 2013 proudly waves the British flag
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I might be gay and mixed-race, but I'd still be horrified if Ukip was

Scientists have debated the exact details of the birth of St George for hundreds of years but it is generally put at around 280AD
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St George's Day: I'm a mixed-race, gay Scouser who was raised a

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