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UK: Black people still far more likely to be stopped and searched by police than other ethnic groups

07 August 2015

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"Black people are still far more likely than other ethnic groups to be stopped and searched in almost every part of England and Wales despite concerted efforts to tackle the problem."

See the article: Black people still far more likely to be stopped and searched by police than other ethnic groups (The Independent, link)

The full stop-and-search dataset can be download at data.police.uk in a 1.5 gigabyte file.

See also: StopWatch factsheet on Schedule 7 stops under the Terrorism Act 2000 (pdf):"Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 provides powers for ‘examining officers’ at ports and airports,to stop, question and/or detain people to investigate if they are engaged in acts of terrorism, without the need for any reasonable suspicion."

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