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SKY NEWS: Child Q: Black schoolgirl who was strip-searched while on period to sue Met Police

Patrickvernon.org.uk 3 years ago

SKY NEWS: Child Q: Black schoolgirl who was strip-searched while on period to sue Met Police

A black teenager who was strip-searched by Metropolitan Police officers at school is suing the force.

The 15-year-old schoolgirl, known as Child Q, will also be taking civil action against her school over the incident, according to law firm Bhatt Murphy.

It comes as the youngster released a statement thanking people for their support, saying: “I know I am not alone.”

Read full article here Sky News – Child Q: Black schoolgirl who was strip-searched while on period to sue Met Police

Patrick Vernon is a social commentator and campaigner and has been at the forefront of several high-profile campaigns on cultural heritage and social justice in the UK over the last decade. He has used experience in senior management in the voluntary and public sector plus his passion in for cultural history to develop new models of thinking around transformation changes in service development, equalities, innovative thinking for social change. He is a trained life coach and mediator where his experience and knowledge has been used for leadership development and public speaking from grass roots organisations to public and private bodies.