MET Police Acted ‘In Deference to the Black Lives Matter Outfit,’ Darren Grimes

File photo of a general view of the sign at the New Scotland Yard building in Victoria on January 27, 2011, in London, England. Oli Scarff/Getty Images

The Metropolitan police (MET) acted “in deference to the Black Lives Matter outfit” and attempted a “trial by Twitter,” journalist and broadcaster Darren Grimes said on Monday.

The comment followed a formal complaint filed with the MET by Luke Gittos, the solicitor representing Grimes, historian David Starkey and the Free Speech Union (FSU), over a hate crime investigation against Grimes and Starkey for “stirring up racial hatred” in a podcast while discussing “Black Lives Matter movements’ views on British history.”