LONDON — Britain’s most senior police officer has sought to reassure women it is safe to walk the streets of London at night after one of her officers was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and murdering a 33-year-old woman.
Sarah Everard’s disappearance and the announcement that human remains had been found prompted women to flood social media with posts about the steps they take when out alone at night to keep safe, including clutching keys to use as a weapon and wearing trainers to help them run.
Others detailed a catalog of incidents of harassment by men in public over the decades since they were schoolgirls.
“These are so powerful because each and every woman can rel…
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