Hundreds of children under 10 subject to stop and search in England and Wales
Policing minister calls for officers to conduct more stop and searches
February 2024
Met officers investigated after black boy, 16, stopped six times in five months
Police watchdog investigating eight officers after complaints of racial profiling over stops in Tottenham and Stratford
January 2024
Met officers whose stop and search left man traumatised guilty of misconduct
PC Martin Binala dismissed after dishonestly claiming to have smelled cannabis before dragging Karo Grigoryan out of his car
December 2023
How to have a meaningful debate about racism? We asked 20,000 people, and this is what we found
Nina Kelly
Police watchdog refuses to back use of stop and search without suspicion
October 2023
Met officers sacked for lying in stop and search of black athletes in car
Ricardo dos Santos, who was stopped with his partner, Bianca Williams, said he has been left ‘traumatised’
September 2023
Black athlete recounts ‘traumatic’ police stops at officers’ misconduct tribunal
Ricardo dos Santos tells lawyers they cannot understand what it is like being a young black person in London
June 2023
Suella Braverman tells police to ramp up use of stop and search
UK home secretary says police have her full support in using tactic to prevent violence and save lives
April 2023
Is a British pub racist for displaying golliwogs? Think how that question makes people of colour like me feel
Nesrine Malik
We cope with the micro slights and othering. But openly racist attitudes are being exploited for political gain, says the Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
March 2023
David Lammy on regrets, Rwanda flights and racism: ‘I’ve had so many death threats’
The working-class son of Guyanese immigrants could soon be the foreign secretary. He discusses antisemitism, Suella Braverman – and his experience of being stopped and searched at 12
December 2022
Metropolitan police pay damages to man two years after stop and search
Exclusive: Tariq Stanley was smoking a cigarette in his car when he was approached by officers
Met police apologise to brothers stopped and searched after fist bump
Force agrees to pay damages and costs in settlement with Dijon and Liam Joseph over 2018 incident
Met pays out to black brothers searched and handcuffed outside home
Brothers speak of trauma and humiliation after being arrested in front of family home in Chingford, east London
October 2022
Met to stop recording ethnicity of drivers stopped by its officers
London force to scrap initiative despite analysis finding black people are 56% more likely to be stopped than white people
August 2022
Police abuse stop and search powers to target protesters, suggests data
Met denies racism after black man ‘choked’ in illegal stop and search
May 2022
Priti Patel’s own officials warned her about easing stop and search conditions
Exclusive: Home Office assessment found lifting restrictions may lead to more BAME people being stopped
Special constables to be given access to stun guns in new crime measures
Volunteer officers will be allowed to use electroshock weapons, as part of flurry of crime initiatives in England and Wales
Priti Patel lifts restrictions on police stop and search powers
Home secretary announces the end of limitations on use of section 60 powers where serious violence anticipated
