Cressida Dick has claimed that controversial stop and search tactics are saving the lives of young black men in London. The commissioner of the Metropolitan Police said black boys are nine times more likely to be murdered than their white counterparts. The Met Police have deployed stop and search tactics in an effort to rid the streets of knives and guns. Cressida Dick has claimed that stop and search is saving the lives of young black men in LondonBut it has led to accusations of racism, with black people targeted much more by police. This summer, in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, a number of viral videos showed black people being stopped by police.

Source: Daily Mail November 29, 2020 09:11 UTC