Ricardo Dos Santos said ‘traumatic’ experiences with police in the past had made him fearful. | ITV News London
Credit:Sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos “feared” for the safety of his partner and Team GB athlete Bianca Williams, when police followed them minutes before searching and handcuffing them in the presence of their young son, a police misconduct hearing heard.
Ricardo Dos Santos in central London where he has given evidence to the gross misconduct hearing of five Metropolitan Police officersMr Dos Santos said he was not trying to “evade” the police or driving dangerously, and that he was “just trying to get home” because he feared for the safety of his family, while taking questions from Nick Yeo, representing Pc Allan Casey, who was driving the police vehicle.
When asked why he should be afraid of the police, Mr Dos Santos said he had “traumatic experiences” as a young black person who had been stopped by the police on “multiple occasions” in the past.“I wanted to get home so they could see my other vehicles and know I wasn’t evading them.”
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