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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Met police apologise to brothers stopped and searched after fist bump

Dijon (left) and Liam Joseph in 2020
Dijon (left) and Liam Joseph in 2020. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

The Metropolitan police have apologised and paid tens of thousands of pounds in damages and costs to two young black men who were stopped and searched after officers saw them bump fists in the street and wrongly suspected them of dealing drugs.

As part of a legal settlement, the Met declared that brothers Dijon and Liam Joseph, 33 and 31, were blameless for their ordeal four years ago, which involved Dijon being handcuffed and left them traumatised and humiliated.

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