London police trapped in the "undressing search" scandal, British netizens: disgusting, dealing with its punishment

[Global Times special reporter Chen Jiacun in the UK] BBC reported on the 8th that recently, the British Children's Affairs Specialist Saisa revealed that from 2018 to 2020, about 650 minors aged 10 to 17 have experienced Police undressing, more than 95%of which were boys and 58%were black.

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According to reports, in March of this year, the London police were trapped in the scandal of minor female students -in 2020, a local 15 -year -old black female student was suspected of carrying marijuana to school. Under the circumstances that she was in the menstrual period, the female policeman was It took a undressing and searched, and there was no "suitable adult" at that time. British law stipulates that unless emergency situations, the undressing searches for minors need to be "appropriate adults", usually parents or guardians, or social workers, caregivers or volunteers. After the search, the police found nothing from her.

This incident caused serious mental trauma to the student, and also attracted the attention of British society to the protection of minors' rights and interests, and broke out in many places. After reviewing the relevant agencies, racism "or one of the reasons for the undressing searches". Four police officers related to the incident were later investigated, and the London Police Department also publicly apologized.

According to the British "Guardian", data obtained from the London Police Department showed that the number of undressing and searching for children has increased year by year, and from 2018 to 2020, it increased by 18%, 36%, and 46%, respectively. Nearly 1/4 cases are accompanied by "appropriate adults", of which 2/3 (70%) involve black boys.

The report also shows that most minors who have been undressed and searched were not suspected by the police, and more than half of the cases did not be following after searching. Such investigations shocked the police and supervision system. The Guardian said that Sasa believes that this shows that the undressing search is "unreasonable and unnecessary", and does not believe that the London police "have been considering children's happiness and health", and the department has systemic problems in the protection of minors. Essence

British Black Police Association Chief Andy George said that most officials did not think they were harming, but under the influence of lack of cultural cognition and related training, they have been treating the black group unfairly. In addition, many British netizens were indignant to this, saying that the London Police Department was "disgusting racist pedophiles" to deal with it.

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