LONDON (NYTIMES) - The official body investigating police conduct at a London vigil for Sarah Everard, who was killed while walking home this month, has determined that the city's police "acted appropriately" at the event, according to a report released on Tuesday (March 30).

But the organisers of the event were widely critical of the report, and some local lawmakers said another review was warranted.

The police faced widespread criticism for their actions at the vigil after videos and photographs showed officers pinning some women to the ground as they cleared the demonstration.

Everard's killing, in which a London police officer has been charged, has spurred a broader reckoning about violence against women and girls in Britain and prompted calls for policing overhauls.

The London rally, on March 13, began as a vigil for Everard, 33, but grew into an anti-violence demonstration, and had been deemed illegal under a national coronavirus lockdown.

After the release of the report on Monday, the main organisers behind the planned vigil, Reclaim These Streets, denounced the findings.

The police response at the event also fuelled broader protests nationally against a proposed policing and crime bill that would extend police powers to shut down peaceful demonstrations.

"After reviewing a huge body of evidence - rather than a snapshot on social media - we found that there are some things the Met could have done better," said the leader of the inspection team, Matt Parr, using a shorthand term for London's Metropolitan Police.

"But we saw nothing to suggest police officers acted in anything but a measured and proportionate way in challenging circumstances."

The investigation, carried out by the Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services, an independent government body, determined officers' actions to be appropriate.

But Reclaim These Streets said in a statement: "It is clear from this report that the Metropolitan Police failed, which is very disappointing."

The reaction to the investigation, commissioned by the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and the Home Office, the ministry that oversees policing, has been mixed.

Khan, who previously said he was "surprised and angry" at the police response, said that he accepted the report, in a statement to The Mirror.

But, he added: "It is clear that trust and confidence of women and girls in the police and criminal justice system is far from adequate."