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A black fashion designer was a victim of race discrimination, a judge has ruled, after bosses forced him to visit clothes shops on undercover research trips where he feared he would be suspected of being a shoplifter. Trevor Sylvester said because he is 6ft 3ins and black ‘people view him suspiciously’ and he is often … Read more
Five Met Police officers are being investigated by the force’s watchdog over the ‘racially profiled,’ stop and search of Team GB athlete Bianca Williams. Sprinter Bianca Williams, 26, and her husband Ricardo dos Santos, 25, were hauled from their Mercedes and handcuffed in front of their three-month-old son in Lanhill Road, Maida Vale, in July. … Read more
A Versace executive has claimed he was racially profiled by police who stopped and searched him for jaywalking in Beverly Hills. Salehe Bembury, Vice president of sneakers and men’s footwear, was stopped by police in the city’s luxury shopping district last week. Police bodycam footage shows officers stop Bembury after he left a Versace store before … Read more
A senior black Metropolitan Police inspector has claimed he was racially profiled by two white officers from his own force when they stopped his car. Charles Ehikioya filmed the officers who allegedly followed him for two miles and falsely accused him of speeding and running a red light in Croydon, South London. The 55-year-old claimed … Read more
A DJ fears she has become a victim of racial profiling after she found police inside her new apartment – ten days after she moved in – following reports of ‘wild parties’ and ‘drug use’. Kaylee Golding, 22, had only just moved from Birmingham into the flat in Newham, east London, when the officers turned up … Read more
‘I feared for my life’ Black civil servant who was ‘racially profiled’ by police tells how she was stopped after her white van-man neighbour accused her of trespassing on his drive while jogging and chased her through the streets Dr Andrea Charles-Fidelis ran to a train station after a rowing with a neighbour The civil … Read more
A black man has claimed he was racially profiled by Liverpool police who put him in handcuffs during a stop-and-search as he helped his cousin park his car. Video which was uploaded to social media shows Jared Yankiah, 24, being handcuffed and held against a wall by officers on July 1. Mr Yankiah said he had … Read more
Met Police chief Cressida Dick today apologised to Team GB sprinter Bianca Williams for the distress her officers caused her in a heavy-handed stop-and-search. Dame Cressida told the Home Affairs committee she echoed a senior officer who had said ‘I’m sorry’ to the 26-year-old over the incident, which was heavily criticised and branded ‘racial profiling’ after … Read more