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Demonstrators gather in London over police response to Sarah Everard vigil

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Crowds of demonstrators gathered in central London on Sunday to condemn the use of heavy-handed tactics to break up an outdoor vigil for a woman whose suspected killer is a police officer.

Groups of mainly women gathered in London's Parliament Square and outside New Scotland Yard police headquarters, chanting slogans and holding signs reading: "Enough is enough" and "Reclaim the streets!"

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 Britain at the failure of police and wider society to tackle violence against women.

London police faced a backlash from the public and politicians due to their actions on Saturday. Home Secretary Priti Patel, the minister in charge of policing, has ordered an independent inquiry after an initial police report left some questions unanswered, her office said.

Police had denied permission for a vigil on Saturday evening at London's Clapham Common, near where Everard was last seen alive, citing regulations aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus.

But hundreds of people, mostly women, gathered peacefully at the park in defiance of the ban to pay their respects to Everard throughout Saturday, including Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge.

Later on Saturday dozens of police officers marched into the crowd to shouts of "shame on you." Scuffles broke out and officers dragged women away from the scene.

London police chief Cressida Dick backed her officers and said that they needed to make a very difficult judgement.

Everard's murder has resonated with women across the country, prompting thousands to share on social media their experiences of violence and sexual assaults perpetrated by men, and vividly describe the daily fear they feel.

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