Met police urged to admit racism after strip-search of black girl in Hackney

London council chief says treatment of 15-year-old at school shows institutional racism in force still exists

The Metropolitan police has been urged by a council boss to accept that institutional racism is a problem in the force after the treatment of Child Q, a 15-year-old black girl who was strip-searched by officers at her school in London.

Hackney council has challenged the Met to again, accept that institutional racism - as defined in the Stephen Lawrence report - is a consistent factor in the relationship between the police and the Black and Global Majority communities, and in their wider experiences". They said this will prevent a similar incident happening again and restore trust and confidence.