The 14-year-old girl was allegedly handcuffed and had her underwear cut from her in front of male officers during a strip search
in December 2020.
She was searched in 2020 without another adult present and under the knowledge that the girl was menstruating. Family members described her as changing from a "happy-go-lucky girl to a timid recluse that hardly speaks", who now self-harms and needs therapy.Today, police chiefs said they are "ashamed" of racism within their ranks, as they set out a plan to "secure the confidence of black people".
In a foreword to the Police Race Action Plan, head of professional body the College of Policing Chief Constable Andy Marsh and West Midlands Police Chief Constable Sir Dave Thompson, the senior officer responsible for the project, said the murder of George Floyd in America provided a "catalyst for the expression of deep concerns about the social injustice experienced by black people", and policing has a "difficult history in its relationships with black communities".
"We hope that, in the future, we will be seen as the institutionally anti-racist organisation we want to be, because we took action and delivered on our promise to change."
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