Two Metropolitan Police officers have been sacked for gross misconduct over the “racist” stop and search of top Black athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos.
Olympic sprinter Mr Dos Santos, 28, accused officers of detaining him for “DWB, driving while Black” after he and his partner, Team GB athlete Ms Williams, 29, were handcuffed and searched on suspicion of having drugs and weapons in July 2020.
Ricardo Dos Santos spoke outside court, saying the case proved “very little” had changed in London policing since the racist murder of Black teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993, after which a public inquiry concluded the Met was institutionally racist.
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