Met Police strip-searched 650 children in two-year period

Children’s charities say they are are horrified after it was revealed that 650 children were subjected to strip searches by the Metropolitan Police in the past two years.

Data shows that almost a quarter of those searches took place without an appropriate adult present and more than half of those searched were black boys.

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