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
    Read
  • Stop and search: a solution or a problem?
    Watch
  • I’d rather sort problems out myself in case they blame me again
    Read
  • The officers put me to the floor although I wasn't resisting
    Read
  • We were told it was a random stop and search
    Read
  • I felt I was a victim of a negative stereotype
    Read
  • "If you don't stop i'm going to f*ck you up"
    Read
  • I hadn't done anything so I did a runner
    Read
  • The way they searched me was dehumanising
    Read
  • Punched by police
    Read
  • A waste of everyone's time
    Read
  • Searched for locking my front door
    Read
  • Stop and Search Yourself
    Watch
  • How many times have you been stopped by the police?
    Watch
  • Profiles of the Profiled
    Watch
  • They saw I was a law student and let me go
    Read
  • If people think you’re always committing crime you may as well do it
    Read
  • I felt humiliated
    Read

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