The officers, from the Territorial Support Group, are taking the Metropolitan Police to an employment tribunal - but accuse the force of delaying tactics. One of the officers said he now had nothing but contempt for the force. Scotland Yard says it rejects the claims and will contest them in court.
This has occurred after the 6 were tried and acquitted in a trial relating to alleged race-related assaults. The officers accused Scotland Yard of charging them due to fear it would be accused of institutional racism if it did not act on the complaint made by a black officer.
One of the officers stated that "If it had been a white officer making that allegation, then the matter would have been dealt with in-house there and then. That would have been the end of it."
