Article 6JDXW Met officers investigated after black boy, 16, stopped six times in five months

Met officers investigated after black boy, 16, stopped six times in five months

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Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#6JDXW)

Police watchdog investigating eight officers after complaints of racial profiling over stops in Tottenham and Stratford

Eight Metropolitan police officers are under investigation after a black 16-year-old was stopped six times in five months, on each occasion with nothing criminal found.

The police watchdog is investigating after the case triggered claims of racial profiling and a friend of the boy's family said he had been left traumatised.

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