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Sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos pulled over for a second time by police

An athlete who was allegedly racially profiled during a stop and search has said he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers while driving home in London. Ricardo Dos Santos, a sprinter, published a series of tweets and video ...

14 Aug 2022 at 23:40

Complaint over second police stop of Portuguese sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos

A complaint has been made over the second police stop of Portuguese sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos and the matter has been referred to the police watchdog. Mr Dos Santos was stopped in west London in the early hours of Sunday, when the Metropolitan ...

15 Aug 2022 at 16:55

‘I don’t feel safe’ – Portuguese sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos on police incident

Portuguese sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos has said he does not feel safe driving in London after being pulled over by officers for a second time – a matter which has been referred to the police watchdog. Speaking on BBC Breakfast on Tuesday, the ...

16 Aug 2022 at 14:07

Black athletes detained in unnecessarily ‘aggressive’ police stop, hearing told

Two top athletes were stopped, searched, detained and handcuffed in an unnecessarily “aggressive” confrontation with Metropolitan Police officers because they are black, a misconduct hearing has been told. Sprinters Bianca Williams and her ...

20 Sept 2023 at 18:14

Five Met officers deny gross misconduct over Bianca Williams stop-and-search

Five Metropolitan Police officers have denied gross misconduct over the stop-and-search of athletes Bianca Williams and her partner Ricardo Dos Santos. He was driving a Mercedes through west London, with their then three-month old baby in ...

18 Sept 2023 at 12:30

Officer ‘incorrect’ when he said cannabis smell was coming from athletes’ car

A police officer has admitted he was incorrect when he said a smell of cannabis was coming from the car of two top athletes, a misconduct hearing was told. Pc Sam Franks ran out of the police van and around to the driver’s side of the ...

03 Oct 2023 at 15:13

Officer denies racially profiling athlete after insisting he smelled cannabis

A police officer denied racially profiling a sprinter after insisting he could smell cannabis coming from a car, a misconduct hearing was told. Pc Allan Casey told a colleague “there’s certainly a whiff of something” after sprinter ...

02 Oct 2023 at 17:22

Watchdog refutes interference claims in black athletes stop and search probe

The police watchdog has said it “absolutely refutes” claims of political interference made by one of its former investigators over the handling of a complaint about the stop and search of two black athletes. Footage of British ...

18 Jan 2023 at 15:03

Athlete Bianca Williams cries as she recounts moment police handcuffed her

Team GB athlete Bianca Williams cried as she recounted the moment Metropolitan Police officers handcuffed her and partner Ricardo Dos Santos as their young son wept in their car. Mr Dos Santos and Ms Williams, both ...

28 Sept 2023 at 18:03

Black Olympic sprinter ‘afraid’ for family’s safety when police followed them

Sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos “feared” for the safety of his partner and Team GB athlete Bianca Williams, when police followed them minutes before searching and handcuffing them in the presence of their young son, a ...

27 Sept 2023 at 15:32

Met officer ‘thought he could smell cannabis’ in police stop of athletes

A police officer “thought he could smell cannabis” coming from the car of two top athletes, telling a colleague “I’m getting a wee whiff of something”, a misconduct hearing was told. Pc Allan Casey told a ...

02 Oct 2023 at 14:26

Met Police officer denies following athlete’s car because driver was black

A Metropolitan Police officer denied following a vehicle to perform a stop and search because the driver was black, a misconduct hearing has heard. Olympic sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos, 28, and his ...

09 Oct 2023 at 17:28

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