Figures show that 90% of searches lead to no further action.

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Black women are also stopped and searched, which is often overlooked. This is particularly the case for Muslim women wearing the Hijab.

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Shreya was speaking at an all party parliamentary group in parliament and was reading through his notes beforehand. This was considered to be suspicious activity.

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According to the Home Secretary, stop and search has been misused, representing an “enormous waste of police time” which is also “hugely damaging to the relationship between the police and the public”.

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