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Helen William

Sprinter said he was stopped for ‘driving while black’, misconduct panel told

PA Wire

Sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos accused police officers of detaining him for “DWB, driving while black” during a stop and search, while his partner and Team GB athlete Bianca Williams insisted they had done nothing wrong, a police misconduct panel has heard.

Mr Dos Santos and Ms Williams, who are both international athletes, believe they were racially profiled during their July 4 2020 encounter with Metropolitan Police officers as they drove to their west London home from training with their then-three-month-old son in the back seat of their Mercedes.

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