PSNI stopping and detaining non-white travellers disproportionately, data shows
by Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5FZA7)
Review of terror legislation finds three-quarters of those detained in 2019 were black, Asian or mixed race
Police in Northern Ireland are stopping and detaining a disproportionate number of black, Asian and mixed race travellers under anti-terrorism laws, according to newly disclosed data.
More than a third of those stopped and three-quarters of those detained in 2019 were not white, said a report by Jonathan Hall QC, who conducted an independent review of the UK's terrorism legislation.
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