Who is Child Q

Child Q to launch civil proceedings against Met and school 'to ensure this never happens again to any other child'

Florence Cole, representing Child Q against the school, said there was “an ongoing correspondence” between the family and school that had continued since the complaint was made in 2020. Chanel Dolcy, a solicitor at Bhatt Murphy, which is representing the family in proceedings against the police, said Child Q had launched civil proceedings against the Metropolitan police and her school seeking to hold both institutions to account “to ensure this never happens again to any other child”. Chants of “Racist cops, out of schools” were heard by the crowd while signs reading “We say no to police in schools” and “No to racist police” were held aloft.

A "traumatised" black school girl who was strip-searched by police officers after being wrongly suspected of carrying drugs is to sue the Met Police.

In a statement released through her lawyers, the girl said: "I want to thank the thousands of people across the world of all backgrounds who have offered me support - both publicly and through messages conveyed to my legal team - following everything I've been through. "Child Q's family expect the new Commissioner to include affected communities in designing a plan to rid the force of these diseases and to affect that plan as a priority." "Child Q's family are calling on the Home Secretary and Mayor of London to ensure that only someone willing to declare publicly the persistence of institutional racism and institutional sexism in the Met Police is appointed as the new Met Commissioner.

Mancunians attended a protest in the city centre tonight in solidarity with the 15-year-old black girl who was stripped searched by the Metropolitan Police.

I hope that the legacy of Child Q is a wake up call that police do not have a place in school, and that we need to claim back, not just our bodies, but also our respect and our dignity.” Another protester, Lolo Jones, said: “I think people need to learn that the system itself that everyone criticises is working in your community and in your local schools. Family's desperate appeal with Amazon worker, 29, missing for daysStockportHristo Angelov has not been seen since leaving his Edgeley home on TuesdayCoronation StreetITV Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien's age stuns This Morning fans after Alison Hammond causes wardrobe blunderThe actress, who is best known for playing Sarah Barlow in the ITV soap, made a rare interview appearanceITV This Morning's Alison Hammond apologises as she breaks 'presenting 101' rule during serious phone-inThis MorningShe was also jokingly told off by her co-host on the ITV daytime show, Dermot O'LearyBBC Dragons' Den viewers say episode should have 'come with warning' over Steven Bartlett commentBBCThe Diary of a CEO host was back in the denMajor police presence in Salford as busy main road sealed offSalfordThe A572 Leigh Road in Worlsey has been taped off by officers in both directions this eveningTesco customer filmed 'filling car up with cooking oil' as fuel prices surge across UKCheshire"He had clearly thought it through." Coronation StreetITV Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien's age stuns This Morning fans after Alison Hammond causes wardrobe blunderThe actress, who is best known for playing Sarah Barlow in the ITV soap, made a rare interview appearanceITV This Morning's Alison Hammond apologises as she breaks 'presenting 101' rule during serious phone-inThis MorningShe was also jokingly told off by her co-host on the ITV daytime show, Dermot O'LearyBBC Dragons' Den viewers say episode should have 'come with warning' over Steven Bartlett commentBBCThe Diary of a CEO host was back in the denMajor police presence in Salford as busy main road sealed offSalfordThe A572 Leigh Road in Worlsey has been taped off by officers in both directions this eveningTesco customer filmed 'filling car up with cooking oil' as fuel prices surge across UKCheshire"He had clearly thought it through." When I heard about Child Q I felt sick in my stomach, and I put myself in her position and her shoes because I’ve been subject to police confrontation, I would say, in school. Chants of ‘no police in schools’, ‘no justice no peace’ and ‘no more exclusions’ could be heard from the demonstration outside the central library. Thank you for subscribing!We have more newslettersShow meMancunians attended a protest in the city centre tonight in solidarity with the 15-year-old black girl who was stripped searched by the Metropolitan Police. The protest took place at St Peter’s Square in Manchester on Friday and was organised by Manchester based groups Kids of Colour and the Northern Police Monitoring Project (NPMP), who campaigned against the placement of 20 police officers stationed at Greater Manchester schools.

I am not just someone who researches stop and search policing. I am also an adult old enough to have had a teenage daughter who could be in a school somewhere ...

Child Q is one of the most egregious cases of strip searches brought to the public’s attention. And they have the nerve to claim strip searches are a ‘vital’ power used to seize evidence, as if that justifies the immense physical and psychological hurt they cause thousands of children and their families every year. Many will have already had the talk with their offspring about the very real chance of ending up in the same predicament as Child Q, thanks to racist stereotyping. I am also an adult old enough to have had a teenage daughter who could be in a school somewhere in England and Wales being strip searched by a police officer on the grounds of possessing a small amount of cannabis that they do not in fact have. But ‘having regard’ to the need to safeguard is not the same as actual safeguarding. Too many children in this country have nowhere to hide from the ire of adults whose hatred drives them towards flagrant abuses of power.

Crowds gathered outside Stoke Newington Police station, in north London, on Friday afternoon during the protest, which was sparked by the treatment of a ...

The safest communities in London aren’t the ones that are the most heavily policed; they’re the ones that are most heavily resourced. Mr Jackman, who is also chair of Black Men 4 Change, added: “This is two years ago and it’s now that the review came out - that’s not justice. They also chanted “shame on you” at officers outside the station. “Mothers need to go in and confront that teacher when our children complain.” “We can be angry but it’s going to take persistence and organisation to deal with these people. This came weeks after the teenager was wrongly accused by staff of drug possession and threatened with expulsion.

Hackney leaders have condemned police actions after two officers strip searched a student at a school in the borough.

"It is truly regrettable and on behalf of the Met Police I would like to apologise to the child concerned, her family and the wider community." It has also written to schools with clear guidance on strip searches, with it set to spearhead a 13-point action plan with local schools in response to the review, including training on responsibilities in dealing with the police. In a further letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel, cabinet members call for the police to comply with recommendations set out in the safeguarding review, to review policing guidelines and practices around strip searching children. "It is clear from the report that the school and police officers failed to do that." Hackney council have sent letters to a Met senior officer and the Home Secretary urging for "robust and decisive" action to ensure "this never happens again". MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch Meg Hillier said on Twitter that she was "appalled" to read the "shocking" report.

A Black teenager strip-searched at school by police officers has thanked members of the public for their support, saying it has shown she is “not alone”.

“Nevertheless, this is a pivotal time for the Metropolitan Police as it awaits the appointment of a new commissioner. The Metropolitan Police has seemed incapable of reform for generations, and it is difficult to say that will ever change. In a statement released through her lawyers, the girl said: “I want to thank the thousands of people across the world of all backgrounds who have offered me support – both publicly and through messages conveyed to my legal team – following everything I’ve been through.

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“Alongside this, local officers have been briefed on the incident and are alive to community concerns. “Past apologies from the police are insufficient. “The headteacher needs to be held responsible. It’s going to be so hard to deal with. “It is truly regrettable and on behalf of the Met Police I would like to apologise to the child concerned, her family and the wider community.” “

The 15-year-old, known as Child Q, was searched by Metropolitan Police officers – who knew she was menstruating – without another adult present, according to a ...

She added: “They want us to give up. We are with you.” We stand here for you.

'Child Q' was wrongly accused of having drugs and subjected to a humiliating search while on her period. Her family is suing police and her school.

Child Q is also suing her school for breaching her rights under education law. “The family expects the new commissioner to include affected communities in designing a plan to rid the force of these diseases and to affect that plan as a priority.” Chanel Dolcy of Bhatt Murphy Solicitors is representing Child Q and her mother in suing the police.