Both Manchester City and Liverpool would ideally like fully fit squads heading into this Sunday’s huge Premier League clash.
19.03.2022 - 01:01 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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.
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.
Chants of ‘no police in schools’, ‘no justice no peace’ and ‘no more exclusions’ could be heard from the demonstration outside the central library. A small group of speakers addressed the crowd and called for no police presence in schools across the country and Greater Manchester.
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Earlier this week, a report was released documenting how a 15-year-old girl, referred to as Child Q to protect her identity, was strip-searched at her school in 2020 while she was on her period by a female police officer.
The search was conducted after teachers suspected that the girl was in possession of cannabis. Child Q’s mother was not informed, and teachers remained outside the room during the search.
No cannabis was found on the young girl. The report caused outrage, with many condemning the actions of the force and teachers.
Speaking to the MEN, a member of the public, who preferred to remain anonymous, spoke of the anger the felt when they found out about the report.
They said: “It’s absolutely important that we’re out here today to show that what happened to Child Q was disgusting. When I heard about her case I was just numb, and that shows where we are right now.”
In her own statement, Child Q spoke of the
Both Manchester City and Liverpool would ideally like fully fit squads heading into this Sunday’s huge Premier League clash.
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