4 d. ago Child Q: Black schoolgirl, 15, ‘demeaned and physically violated’ by Met Police strip search, misconduct hearing told

Three officers face gross misconduct hearing over strip search of London schoolgirl on her period wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis

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4 d. ago Hackney police strip search 'demeaned and physically violated' Black schoolgirl

Child Q was made to strip naked, while on her period, and bend over to expose her genitals in the incident in Hackney. When no cannabis was found officers then scoured her hair

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4 d. ago Black schoolgirl, 15, was 'physically violated' by Met Police officers who strip

The 15-year-old girl, known as Child Q, had arrived at the school in Hackney, East London , for a mock exam when she was taken to the medical room to be strip-searched.

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5 d. ago Black schoolgirl, 15, ‘demeaned and physically violated’ by police strip search

The schoolgirl was strip searched by police while on her period after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis in December 2020.

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1 week ago Secondary school says it will suspend pupils for using phones

Coleg Cymunedol Y Dderwen has banned the use of mobile phones and has said anyone violating the policy could face suspension

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2 w. ago Judge finds police acted reasonably in shooting New Mexico man while at wrong address

A federal judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit that accused police in New Mexico of violating constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures when they fatally shot a man after showing up at the wrong address

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2 w. ago Female prison guards are having to strip search the top half of transgender criminals before male colleagues check their lower regions in bizarre new jail ruling

Inmates at HMP Dovegate say they have been left 'humiliated' by the alleged treatment. But women's rights activists have hit out and claimed female officers should not be used to check trans inmates..

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3 w. ago ‘Very disturbing’: Trump receipt of overseas gifts unprecedented, experts warn

White House remakes foreign policy under pay-for-access code that critics say could violate US constitutionFormer White House lawyers, diplomatic protocol officers and foreign affairs experts have told the Guardian that Donald Trump’s receipt of overseas gifts and targeted investments are “unprecedented”, as the White House remakes US foreign policy under a pay-for-access code that eclipses past administrations with characteristic Trumpian excess.The openness to foreign largesse was on full display this week as the US president was feted in the Gulf states during his first major diplomatic trip abroad this term, inking deals he claimed were worth trillions of dollars and pumping local leaders for investments as he says he remakes US foreign policy to prioritise “America first” – putting aside concerns of human rights or international law for the bottom line of American businesses and taxpayers. Continue reading...

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