DAME Cressida Dick has today apologised to British sprinter Bianca Williams for the distress cops caused during a heavy-handed stop-and-search.
The Commonwealth gold medalist, 26, and her Portugese sprinter partner Ricardo dos Santos, 25, were pulled from their Mercedes and handcuffed in front of their three-month-old son in Lanhill Road, Maida Vale, on Saturday afternoon.but made a voluntary referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
"It is true that teams reviewed all the material we have, fortunately in the modern age we have body worn video, we have other video material including from the police vehicle, we have the evidence we have seen the two athletes have given "Officers have to make these judgement calls regularly on a daily basis, often in difficult circumstances.
"The decision to refer to the IOPC has been taken due to the complaint being recorded and the significant public interest in this matter and we welcome independent scrutiny of the facts. Ms Williams and her partner say they will meet with lawyers. They are also expected to make a formal complaint.Speaking to Sky News, Ms Williams explained she had started to panic as she was pulled out of the car from her baby son.
The couple - who are training for the Tokyo Olympics - said police had claimed to smell cannabis as they stopped the car.Mr dos Santos claimed he had been stopped by police about 15 times since getting a black Mercedes in November 2017.Linford Christie hit out at the Met Police following the arrest of the two athletesThe incident unfolded about 1.
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Spinless
Fkn world needs to stop apologising.
PC bottle job!😭
Sounds like the sprinter is the racist otherwise after ignoring requests to initially pull over and driving dangerously she would have complied rather than kicked off.
The 3 gay men murdered by an Islamic extremist in Reading got 2 days of coverage. This story is now in its 4th day 🤔
So, I take it the driver gets away with DD, failure to stop, and resisting? pritipatel has this guy applied to stay in the country, because I thought you were sending criminals home.
Shame on her for not backing her officers the police federation needs to step into this and back police officers
I thought it was whites who were supposed to be privileged! Are white people going to get an apology for their crimes? Dreadful behaviour!
police track and trace event for the olympics
Boring!!!!!! Giving these idiots the platform to cry racism every time they break the law is a disgrace.
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