Ricardo dos Santos has been 'repeatedly' stopped and searched by police, a misconduct hearing is told.
An athlete who was stopped and searched believes he is stereotyped by police as a "black man in a nice car so he must be engaged in criminality", a misconduct hearing was told.
Ricardo dos Santos, 28, and his partner, British sprinter Bianca Williams, 29, were pulled over outside their west London home in July 2020.The couple were stopped outside their home in Maida Vale on 4 July 2020, and had their three-month-old baby with them in their car.Karon Monaghan KC, for the Independent Office for Police Conduct, told the hearing in closing submissions that Mr dos Santos had been "repeatedly" stopped and searched by police.
She added: "He believes that the officers are racist. He told them that and he continues to believe that to be the case."Ms Monaghan said: "His abusive response to the police is explicable by his experiences - some of which he described as traumatic.
She told the panel that the use of force was "excessive from the outset" and that the sprinter's "swearing and abuse" did not begin before he was "grabbed and subjected to physical restraint". Of the use of force against Ms Williams, which included exiting her from the car and handcuffing her, Ms Monaghan said Acting Sgt Simpson "acted unreasonably" in using "immediate force" on the athlete.Acting Sgt Rachel Simpson, PC Allan Casey, PC Clapham, PC Michael Bond and PC Sam Franks deny all charges, including allegations they breached police standards over equality and diversity during the stop and search.
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