The Latest Breaking News from Hackney

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Hackney school says no teachers were present during intimate search of a 15-year-old black girl by police

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Report said incidents were not all warranted or properly justified

Senior police officers were booed and told to resign by angry protesters gathering in support of a black 15-year-old girl who was subjected to a “ traumatic” strip-search at her school.

The black 15-year-old girl was strip-searched while she was on her period after she was accused of cannabis possession

The Metropolitan Police officers who strip-searched a 15-year-old black schoolgirl at a school in Hackney should be investigated for gross misconduct, Sadiq Khan has said.

When will you see black girls? That’s what I thought when reading about Child Q, a 15-year-old black schoolgirl from Hackney, taken out of her exam and strip searched by the Met Police while on her period, without adult supervision, because someone suspected she smelled of cannabis. After no drugs…