Ricardo Dos Santos and his partner Bianca Williams said they were racially profiled during an encounter in July 2020.
Three years after Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos were stopped by police on their way back from training, ITV News' Chloe Keedy gives the latest on the IOPC's findings
The police followed them as they drove to their west London home from training with their baby son, then three months old, in the back seat of their Mercedes.The couple were handcuffed and searched on suspicion of having drugs and weapons after they were pulled over outside their property, but nothing was found.
PCs Casey, Franks, Clapham and Bond all said they smelled cannabis during the stop-and-search and denied suggestions that this was made up to justify their actions.PC Franks admitted he had been “incorrect” when he said, as recorded on footage, that he could smell cannabis coming from the car.Chairwoman Chiew Yin Jones said their conduct had breached standards of professional behaviour in respect of honesty and integrity and thus amounted to gross misconduct.
Mr Dos Santos accused the officers of detaining him for “DWB, driving while black”. He told the panel while giving evidence that he had been “afraid” for the safety of his partner and his son. After Wednesday's hearing, Mr Dos Santos said that "very little has changed in policing in London since the Stephen Lawrence case”.
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