Opinion | The Guardian USIf Black contestants get a raw deal on The Traitors, that definitely is reality TV | Athena Kugblenu https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/09/black-contestants-the-traitors-reality-tv #TheTraitors #RealityTv #Police #StopAndSearch #Race #Television #UkNews #TelevisionRadio #Culture
Pedestriansfirst“Rising number of women stopped and searched by police in England and Wales. Home Office data shows a 7% increase in searches of women up to March 2024 compared with a 2% drop for those of men.” And would you believe a disproportionate number of the women were black! #Police #Racism #StopAndSearch
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#caturday #cats #frisking #clawsearch #pets #photography #pawdicure #stopandsearch #fediverse
Police State UK"Two former #MetPolice officers sacked over a #StopAndSearch involving British athlete Bianca Williams have been handed their jobs back. It comes after they won an appeal against a ruling that they lied by saying they could smell cannabis during a stop and search of Ms Williams and her partner..."
Is there anybody in #London who hasn't had the Met tell that lie about them? I've heard it twice, and I don't even let people smoke (anything) in my car (because it stinks!) 🙄
"UK ministers must “adopt comprehensive measures to discourage and combat racist hate speech and xenophobic discourse by political and public figures” and ensure that such cases are “effectively investigated and sanctioned”, the #UN committee on the elimination of racial discrimination recommended in a report."
#UKpolitics #FarRight #Xenophobia #Racism #Policing #Profiling #StopAndSearch #StripSearch
SubtleBlade ⚔️'Hundreds of #children under 10 subject to #StopAndSearch in #England and #wales
'thousands of children under the age of 18 had been #StripSearched by £police in England and Wales last year,'
'Nearly 1/4 of all searches were conducted on those from black, Asian, or other minority ethnic backgrounds – disproportionately high compared with population representation.'
https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/may/25/children-under-10-stop-and-search-police
#ToryPoliciesInAction
AutisticMumTo38 Met Police officers under investigation after Black teenager stopped and searched 6 times in 5 months
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/8-met-police-officers-under-investigation-after-black-teenager-stopped-and-searched-6-times-in-5-months/ar-BB1hS8NK?cvid=bef0bfcda57c440b919858b2b6f2703c&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=6
Police target Black kids as they ramp up use of stop and search on children
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-target-black-kids-as-they-ramp-up-use-of-stop-and-search-on-children/ar-BB1hg9df?cvid=d6d0aa23153745eeec69f2cf967f4d10&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=9
#Police watchdog refuses to back use of #StopAndSearch without suspicion
#HMIC finds forces fail to follow safeguards and leaders cannot explain disproportional stops of black people
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/dec/15/police-watchdog-refuses-to-back-use-of-stop-and-search-without-suspicion
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Racism
Two Met officers guilty of gross misconduct stop and search of Black athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/met-police-misconduct-bianca-williams-b2435668.html
#MET
#StopAndSearch
#BiancaWilliams
#RicardoDosSantos
#Racism
#DrivingWhileBlack
#DWB
#IndependentOfficeForPoliceConduct
#IOPC
