A police officer accused of carrying out an unjustified strip-search on a 15-year-old black girl at an east London school has ...

The girl, known as Child Q, was strip searched by officers in Hackney, east London, on December 3 2020 after being suspected ...

Outrage over Child Q's treatment led to protests outside Stoke Newington Police Station after a safeguarding review revealed ...

The schoolgirl was strip searched by police while on her period after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis in ...

In 2020, a 15-year-old teenager named Child Q was pulled out of school and intrusively strip-searched by Metropolitan Police officers. Stripped down to her underwear while on her period ...

Hundreds of protesters attend a rally in front of Hackney Town Hall to demonstrate their support of Child Q who was strip searched by police, aged 15 in 2020 Failure to prioritise anti-racism and ...

Child Q hit out as an updated report on the scandal was published on Tuesday finding concerns about safeguarding, racism and disproportionality extend to all public services. Protests and condemnation ...

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Dame Rachel de Souza requested Met Police data after details of the "Child Q" incident became public in March. Of the 650 strip-searches of children from 2018 to 2020, almost a quarter took place ...

Three Met police officers will face misconduct hearings for their role in the search of Child Q. Protests erupted when it emerged the 15-year-old black schoolgirl was strip-searched while on her ...

Before the strip search of Child Q, the officer said she had only taken part in stop-and-search JOG searches that had been ...