Stories

Y-Stop stories are selection of real life experiences told from the perspective of unfairly targetted stop and search victims. Want to share yours with us?

My friend was treated like a violent criminal with an officer on each limb and one on his head

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Stop and search: a solution or a problem?

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I’d rather sort problems out myself in case they blame me again

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The officers put me to the floor although I wasn't resisting

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We were told it was a random stop and search

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I felt I was a victim of a negative stereotype

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"If you don't stop i'm going to f*ck you up"

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I hadn't done anything so I did a runner

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The way they searched me was dehumanising

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Punched by police

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A waste of everyone's time

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Searched for locking my front door

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Stop and Search Yourself

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How many times have you been stopped by the police?

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Profiles of the Profiled

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They saw I was a law student and let me go

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If people think you’re always committing crime you may as well do it

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I felt humiliated

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