‘It can never happen again’: hundreds gather in support of Child Q

Hackney MP Diane Abbott decries pattern of police abuse of power' after strip search of black schoolgirl

Hundreds of people gathered at Hackney town hall in east London on Sunday to express solidarity with the family of Child Q, the 15-year-old black girl who was subjected to a traumatic strip search by police at her school.

The protesters, many of whom were mothers accompanied by their daughters, carried placards with messages including Stop violating black girls" and Black Lives Matter banners, and expressed anger at what they said was an abuse of power" by the police as well as teachers at Child Q's school.