British athlete was travelling with Ricardo dos Santos and their baby when ‘aggressive’ police handcuffed and searched them

“Aggressive and confrontational” Metropolitan police officers stopped a car in which the British athlete Bianca Williams was travelling with her partner and baby, lied that they could smell cannabis and detained them “because they’re black”, a tribunal has heard.

Five members of the Met’s territorial support group are accused of gross misconduct over the 4 July 2020 stop of Williams and the Portuguese sprinter Ricardo dos Santos, in Maida Vale, north-west London.

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