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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Met stopped Bianca Williams and family ‘because they’re black’, tribunal hears

Bianca Williams, Ricardo dos Santos and their son
Bianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos were in the car with their son, Zuri-Li, after training. Photograph: David M Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Sanderson Design Group

“Aggressive and confrontational” Metropolitan police officers stopped a car in which the British athlete Bianca Williams was travelling with her partner and baby, lied that they could smell cannabis and detained them “because they’re black”, a tribunal has heard.

Five members of the Met’s territorial support group are accused of gross misconduct over the 4 July 2020 stop of Williams and the Portuguese sprinter Ricardo dos Santos, in Maida Vale, north-west London.

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