London police chief won’t resign over clashes at vigil

London’s police commissioner says she will not resign, defends officers’ actions during a vigil for Sarah Everard.

London’s police commissioner has defended her officers’ actions and said she did not intend to resign amid a backlash over the way police treated some protesters during a vigil for a woman whose suspected murderer is a police officer. London police faced heavy criticism from the public and politicians on Sunday for their heavy-handed tactics in breaking up the vigil. The disappearance of Sarah Everard, 33, as she walked home on the evening of March 3, has provoked a huge outpouring of grief and dismay in the UK at the failure of police and wider society to tackle violence against women.