A black schoolgirl who was strip-searched by Metropolitan police officers at her school has said she was so traumatised by the incident she has been left wanting “to scream, shout, cry or just give up” every day.
The 15-year-old, who was menstruating at the time, was targeted at her school in Hackney, east London, over unfounded suspicions she had cannabis. A council report found that racism had been a likely factor in her treatment.
