'I've never had to experience anything like this... my heart just hurts' British sprinter Bianca Williams accuses Metropolitan Police of racial profiling after being stopped in her car
British sprinter Bianca Williams said she had "never had to experience anything like this", after being stopped by police in her car in London.
She added: "It was just weird that we were treated that way and what hurt me the most was me being dragged away from my son." However, Williams - who says she has been left "really shaken" by the incident - insists "at no point did we drive on the wrong side of the road or speed off". "It's just nasty and the police were talking to him [Ricardo] as if he was scum, as if his life didn't matter.
Video of the incident showed them protesting that they had done nothing wrong and Williams screaming "my son is in the car". said that at about 13:25 BST on Saturday, officers from the Territorial Support Group "witnessed a vehicle with blacked-out windows that was driving suspiciously, including driving on the wrong side of the road".
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