Police told to reinvestigate suspected Grindr blackmail death after homophobia claims
It felt like a tick-box exercise, where institutional defensiveness took precedence over genuinely confronting whether unconscious bias had shaped key decisions. The group left a note reading: “I think it’s in your best interest to give me a call. Call this number.” Mr Gough insisted he did not know who the men were, and after calling the police, the call handler deemed there was no danger or threat to life.
- ▪It felt like a tick-box exercise, where institutional defensiveness took precedence over genuinely confronting whether unconscious bias had shaped key decisions.
- ▪The group left a note reading: “I think it’s in your best interest to give me a call.
- ▪Call this number.” Mr Gough insisted he did not know who the men were, and after calling the police, the call handler deemed there was no danger or threat to life.
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