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Police Academy to investigate racism charges

The Swedish National Police Academy (Polishögskolan) has reported itself to the police after details emerged of a culture of racism at the school.

Police have confirmed that allegations of malpractice and racial agitation will be investigated, according to a press release on the police website.

The allegations emerged in an article in Dagens Nyheter (DN) on Friday. The article featured a man named as “Ahmed”, a student at the academy. “Ahmed” was born in the Middle East but came to Sweden as an infant.

He claims to have never experienced racism of the like that he endured while at the police academy. He also maintained that several teachers deliberately obstructed the education of students with immigrant backgrounds.

“Can it really be like this? If it is, then it is good for us to know. But we have an ongoing discussion, since the recordings in Malmö became known.” said the academy’s rector Ingmar Bergman to DN.

Bergman is referring to a police video recorded during unrest in the Malmö suburb of Rosengård in December which featured racist and abusive language involving several police officers.

Sweden’s national police commissioner, Bengt Svensson, emphasised in a statement on Friday a commitment to get to the bottom of the problems of racism within the police.

“All colleagues and chiefs are responsible for their own behaviour and to act against the use of inappropriate language and a unhealthy working environment.”

Bengt Svensson launched a a national enquiry on February 8th into racism within the police following a series of revelations in the past month. On Friday he described these revelations as “”wake-up call” for the police

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VIDEO: Spain’s La Liga reviews video of boy racially abusing Vinicius

Spain's La Liga on Monday said it was reviewing a video of a child making racist insults towards Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior during the 2-2 draw with Valencia at the weekend.

VIDEO: Spain's La Liga reviews video of boy racially abusing Vinicius

“We’re in the process of studying and analysing the facts from a legal standpoint to see what we can and should do,” La Liga sources said.

In a video published by a journalist for ESPN Brasil, and picked up by Spanish media, a boy sitting in a woman’s lap can be heard calling Vinicius a “monkey”.

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The Brazilian scored twice for Madrid as his team recovered from two goals down at Mestalla on Saturday.

Vinicius raised his fist in a “Black Power” salute after the first of his two goals at a ground where he was racially abused last season. Valencia subsequently banned three people from the stadium for life.

The 23-year-old has become a symbol of the fight against discrimination in Spanish football after suffering racist abuse on many occasions, and he was jeered repeatedly by home supporters on Saturday.

Jude Bellingham was sent off after the final whistle against Valencia for protesting after the referee blew the final whistle right before the England midfielder headed home what he thought was the winning goal.

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