Black people '40 times more likely' to be stopped and searched in UK

Campaigners say controversial new powers are doing untold damage to communities' trust Black people in England and Wales are 40 times more likely than white people to be stopped and searched under controversial powers that home secretary Sajid Javid recently made it easier for officers to use. The analysis is based on Home Office internal data, which means Javid is likely to have known of the discriminatory impact when he gave the police greater powers last month to use "section 60" checks. The ...