Black girls three times more likely to undergo invasive strip-search by Met police

[DerekFaker]

This sadly won't be a surprise to many. But now Liberty have analysed data obtained via a Freedom of Information request:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/06/black-girls-three-times-more-likely-to-undergo-invasive-strip-search-by-met-police

Black girls three times more likely to undergo invasive strip-search by Met police

Data analysed by Liberty Investigates shows almost half of girls subjected to strip-searches between 2017 and 2022 were Black

Absolutely. I wish I could say I'm shocked at the racism minimisers and apologists on this thread, but I'm not.

This sounds dreadful
3 in 4 cases were completely unnecessary?
And it does look like racism smells like racism probably is racism

Another report that confirms this is still and issue.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jun/10/police-more-than-six-times-more-likely-to-strip-search-black-children

Haven't had time to read back through the thread, also unjustifiable as in very few instances are any of these children charged.

But yes, strip searching children in 2024 seems so grossly wrong.