The TV presenter and former footballer found himself stopped by the police from childhood, simply for being black. A new documentary sees him meets young people harmed by such prejudice
I was only 10 years old the first time the police stopped me. My house was out of town, but Dad lived in the centre of Nottingham where officers were always around. I’d seen other black kids being hassled when I’d been at his, but at that age I’m not sure the significance of it registered.
That was, until I – a primary school pupil – was being publicly poked and prodded by fully grown adults in uniform because of the colour of my skin. I’m still not entirely sure what they’d convinced themselves they were looking for as they questioned me.
