London (CNN) A British Member of Parliament says she believes she was the victim of racial profiling, after she and a friend -- who are both Black -- were stopped by police while driving in London on Sunday. Dawn Butler , an opposition Labour MP and former shadow equalities minister, was stopped by police while driving in the east London borough of Hackney. She filmed herself telling police "the way you do it (stop and search) is wrong," adding "you cannot drive around and enjoy a Sunday afternoon whilst Black because you're going to be stopped by police." Labour MP Dawn Butler has told Sky News she believes she was the victim of racial profiling after the car she was in was stopped by police in the London borough of Hackney. Read more here: https://t.co/iOMAaC3J7o pic.twitter.com/xNw4sIaN82 — SkyNews (@SkyNews) August 9, 2020Responding to reports of the incident, London's Metropolitan Police said on Monday that an officer "incorrectly entered the registration into a police computer which identified the car as registered to an address in Yorkshire."

Source: CNN August 10, 2020 12:11 UTC