The police watchdog has launched an investigation into eight police officers after a black teenager was stopped and searched six times in five months in London.
The complaints include allegations that there were insufficient grounds for the stop and searches. The investigation will also look at possible racial profiling by the officers as well as unreasonable force. It will also look at whether the officers failed to consider the boy's welfare and policing procedures were not consistently followed, the IOPC said in a statement.
In five of the six incidents, the IOPC said it identified evidence indicating potential breaches of the police standards of professional behaviour.
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