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Re: MET Police PUTRID Rep: HUGE Damages Paid to Black Teen Stopped & Searched 30 Time
Met Police Pay Substantial Damages to Black Teenager Over 2020 Stop and Search
Jamar Powell, Who Was 16, Says He Feared For His Life as Before The Stop He Had Been Targeted by Police For Stop and Search at Least 30 Times.
The Metropolitan Police have paid substantial damages to the Black teenager, who says he feared for his life when he was stopped and searched in the street.
BBC 14 AUG 2023
Jamar Powell with his mother, Rachel Hewitt. He says he has been stopped and searched at least 30 times.
Jamar Powell, who was 16 at the time, said he'd been handcuffed, ordered to kneel in the street, and surrounded by armed officers, with a Taser poked into his neck.
Two officers now face disciplinary proceedings over the incident, which happened in September 2020.
He sued the police, who settled last week before a full trial, agreeing “substantial” damages, with the Met also paying legal costs, estimated to run into at least tens of thousands of pounds. It is believed that the Met police did not admit liability.
The incident in Greenwich, south-east London, has led to two officers facing disciplinary action. One faces a gross misconduct charge for use of force and alleged discrimination, another for alleged misconduct.
Police say they were responding to reports that a man armed with a machete and wearing an “all black tracksuit with hood” was threatening people, according to the police radio traffic that night. Powell was not wearing dark clothing, nor a hood, but some of his friends were.
As well as officers with Tasers, armed officers with guns attended. Powell had been walking at about 11pm with three black and one white friend. All were let go after being searched.
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