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Re: PUTRID MET Police: Two Officers SACKED Over Racist Stop and Search of Black Athle
Two Met Officers SACKED Over Racist Stop and Search of Black Athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos
Two Metropolitan Police officers have been sacked for gross misconduct over the “racist” stop and search of top Black athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos.
BBC 26 OCT 2023
Athletes Williams and Dos Santos outside Palestra House, central London
Olympic sprinter Mr Dos Santos, 28, accused officers of detaining him for “DWB, driving while Black” after he and his partner, Team GB athlete Ms Williams, 29, were handcuffed and searched on suspicion of having drugs and weapons in July 2020.
Police followed them as they drove to their west London home from a training session with their son, then aged three months old, in the back seat of their Mercedes. Traumatic footage of the incident showed Ms Williams in distress as Mr Dos Santos was pulled from the driver’s seat by officers. Nothing was found in the search.
The pair later complained to the police watchdog saying they were racially profiled. On Wednesday, a disciplinary hearing found the behaviour of PC Jonathan Clapham and PC Sam Franks amounted to gross misconduct after they lied about smelling cannabis during the stop and search.
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