Black schoolgirl wrongly strip searched by the Met while on her period
The Metro says a black schoolgirl was strip searched by the Metropolitan Police who knew she was on her period and wrongly suspected her of carrying cannabis.
The ‘traumatic’ search took place at the girl’s school in Hackney, east London, without another adult present, according to a safeguarding report.
It concluded the search at the end of 2020 was unjustified and racism was ‘likely’ an influencing factor.
The report said the impact on the secondary school pupil – referred to as Child Q – was ‘profound’ and the repercussions ‘obvious and ongoing’.
Family members described her as changing from a ‘happy-go-lucky girl’ to a ‘timid recluse’ who hardly speaks, self-harms and needs therapy.
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