Published 2 years ago

Hundreds of children subjected to ‘traumatising’ strip-searches by Met

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650 children aged 10 to 17 strip-searched in London between 2018 and 2020. Children's Commissioner for England says she is "deeply shocked." Data also reveals ethnic disparities, with 58% of those searched black. In nearly a quarter of cases the search took place without a third adult.

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Times of India

London police strip-searched hundreds of kids: New data

UK News: The 15-year-old black schoolgirl was strip-searched by female officers in 2020 after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis, despite them being

2 years ago·India

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BBC News

Child Q: Schoolgirl strip-search not isolated issue, police data suggests

Almost a quarter of searches by the Met from 2018 to 2020 took place with no "appropriate adult" present.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

London Police Strip-Searched Hundreds of Kids, Mostly Black, New Data Shows

De Souza's request came after Britain's biggest police force was forced to apologise in March over the case of "Child Q", which has sparked an investigation for gross misconduct into four officers

2 years ago·India

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The Guardian

Revealed: Met police strip-searched 650 children in two-year period

Appropriate adults were often absent during the search, and the majority of children were innocent

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Met Police subjected 650 children to ‘traumatising’ strip-searches

Black boys disproportionately targeted, new data shows

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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NDTV

London Cops Strip-Searched 600 Children In 2 Years, Most Black: Report

London's under-fire police force strip-searched more than 600 children over a two-year period, most of them black boys, according to new data released Monday.

2 years ago·New Delhi, India

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