Does stop and search in the UK need to change? – video explainer

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Black people are 9.7 times more likely than white people to be stopped and searched. Does this mean stop and search needs reform? The Guardian's crime correspondent, Vikram Dodd, discusses the power with 4Front's Temi Mwale and Katrina Ffrench from StopWatch UK

There has been renewed criticism over stop and search in the UK after research found that BAME people are 54% more likely to be fined under coronavirus rules than white people. The subsequent death of George Floyd in the US and the support for the Black Lives Matter movement has brought more scrutiny to the disproportionatality. Black people are 9.

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