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Green mayoral hopeful Zoë Garbett is horrified by what happened to Child Q – the Black teenager strip-searched at school after teachers called in police because they thought she smelt of cannabis.
Garbett said: “It should never have happened, it can never be justified.”
The Child Q scandal broke after it emerged the 15-year-old was searched, without an appropriate adult present, whilst she had her period.
Garbett wants to see disciplinary action taken against the teachers and the resignation or dismissal of the police officers and Hackney’s borough commander and wants “deep reform” of the police.
She said what happened to Child Q shows that “suspected cannabis possession is too often used as an excuse by police in Hackney and elsewhere to target young Black people”.
Speaking before the Child Q scandal broke, she criticised drugs policies which “criminalise young people”.
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