BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH says it may be time for a book about the “ridiculous stops that black people in particular have” from police.
The poet and author recalled to The Londoner being stopped on the Finchley Road and being accused of using his phone — in fact one officer had mistaken his dreadlocks in his hat for a mobile. “And then the other officer comes up saying ‘It’s the poet! It’s the poet!’.” They then asked for his autograph.
