Article 5KXJN Labour MP Kim Johnson accuses Met of racism after being stopped in London

Labour MP Kim Johnson accuses Met of racism after being stopped in London

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Maya Wolfe-Robinson
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Liverpool MP and family questioned by officers as Scottish supporters celebrated Euro 2020 match nearby

Kim Johnson, the Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, has accused the Metropolitan police of institutional racism after she and her family were stopped by officers in central London last month.

Johnson, who became Liverpool's first black MP when she was elected in 2019, said they had arrived in Covent Garden near the end of the England v Scotland Euro 2020 match when they found themselves surrounded by police officers.

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