Police more than six times more likely to strip-search black children
Exclusive: New study also shows forces in England and Wales 10 times more likely to search black peopleBlack children are more than six times more likely than white children to be subjected to a strip-search by police, a new study shows.Of the forces in England and Wales that provided data for the study, 10 showed a disparity where black people were 10 times more likely to be strip-searched. Sussex police were 18 times more likely to subject a black person to a strip search. Continue reading...
Exclusive: New study also shows forces in England and Wales 10 times more likely to search black people
Black children are more than six times more likely than white children to be subjected to a strip-search by police, a new study shows.
Of the forces in England and Wales that provided data for the study, 10 showed a disparity where black people were 10 times more likely to be strip-searched. Sussex police were 18 times more likely to subject a black person to a strip search. Continue reading...