Force agrees to pay damages and costs in settlement with Dijon and Liam Joseph over 2018 incident

The Metropolitan police have apologised and paid tens of thousands of pounds in damages and costs to two young black men who were stopped and searched after officers saw them bump fists in the street and wrongly suspected them of dealing drugs.

As part of a legal settlement, the Met declared that brothers Dijon and Liam Joseph, 33 and 31, were blameless for their ordeal four years ago, in which Dijon was handcuffed and which left them traumatised and humiliated.

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