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On one of the 15 times Piers got stopped and searched that month, he was on his way to a youth parliament meeting with a Chief Constable. When the officers searching him found that out, they instantly changed their tune and offered him a lift to the meeting.

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At present, police can stop someone if they have reasonable grounds to suspect they are carrying illegal drugs, a weapon, stolen property or something which could be used to commit a crime, such as a crowbar. Legally, this is based on Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 which allows a police officer to stop and search a person without suspicion.

However, according to the campaign group Liberty, Section 60 stops and searches can only take place in a specific area which has been authorised by a senior police officer, when they believe that violence has occurred or is about to occur, and where it is necessary to prevent it or search people for a weapon if one was involved in the incident.

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Half the stop searches carried out by the Metropolitan Police in London were on young people aged 21 years or below. Almost 16,900 were children aged 15 or below.

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Research by Release showed that Black people were 6.3 times more likely to be stopped and searched for drugs than white people.

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