The Met strongly defends the searches, saying ‘a weapon seized is a weapon taken off our streets, helping to keep Londoners safe.’
Standing outside the Stratford Centre, a dozenofficers get ready to stop and search people they suspect are involved in crime.
This standalone incident showcases the controversy around stop and search – both for the communities it impacts and for the police who enforce it. Locals were encouraged to walk through a knife arch, which detects if they are carrying a dangerous weapon. ‘Life for a young black male in 2022 is not much different from 1982 or 1879, the racist targeting still exists, they get blamed for everything,’ he told Metro.co.uk.‘The blame for all violent crimes are always placed at the young black man’s feet, even though evidence and stats prove otherwise.
During the first three months of the operation, there were no teenage homicides in Croydon, Haringey and Greenwich.
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