Athlete handcuffed and searched while travelling with her partner and baby in a car in west London
Bianca Williams, the innocent athlete stopped and searched by the Metropolitan police, has criticised a “culture of racism” within the force as it was announced that five officers will face a gross misconduct hearing over the incident.
Four constables and an acting sergeant face gross misconduct charges, which if proven could lead to them being sacked. It came as the Black Lives Matter movement took off in the wake of the May 2020 murder of George Floyd by police in the US. Williams said: “I feel particularly vindicated by the IOPC’s decision in light of ex-commissioner Cressida Dick’s public efforts to discredit and undermine our complaints, and to trivialise the experiences of black people in the UK and how we are policed. I sincerely hope that the Met’s culture of sweeping these issues under the carpet ends with the former commissioner.”
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