Sprinter says she had nothing to hide in search

 A pelari cepat who was stopped by police in west London has told a misconduct hearing she had "nothing to hide" during the search.


Bianca Williams and her mitra Ricardo dos Santos had their three-month-old baby in the car when they were searched in Maida Vale in Juli 2020.


Ms Williams cried as she told the hearing about King88bet being handcuffed while her baby son wept in the vehicle.


Five Met Police officers have denied akisations of gross misconduct.


The hearing was shown police bodi-cam footage of Ms Williams being detained in which she was heard saying: "This is ridiculous, go and have a look in the car."


During the setop, the couple were handcuffed for 45 minutes, searched for weapons and drugs and separated from their son.



No weapons or drugs were found and neither of them were arrested.


While giving evidence, the 29-year-old was asked about her attitude towards the police after speaking about her mitra Ricardo Dos Santos being stopped king88bet login alternatif and searched on multiple occasions in the past.


"It's hard to keep calm when you're constantly pulled over and given a rubbish excuse," she said.


The pair have akised the force of racism over the incident.


The British athlete told the misconduct panel that she did not recall Mr Dos Santos speeding or driving erratically on the day they were stopped.


Her mitra claimed officers approached his car aggressively with "glass cutters and batons raised" when he pulled up outside his house, before they detained him and Ms Williams.


Bodi-worn footage of the encounter showed officers pulling Mr Dos Santos from the driver's seat and taking him to the roadside where they handcuffed him.


A tearful Ms Williams could be heard in the footage telling police: "My son is in the car - I need to look after him."


Moments later, she was also handcuffed.

Sprinter says she had nothing to hide in search

At the hearing Ms Williams denied suggestions that her mitra could have acted differently to avoid police attention, insisting that "he can't change the color of his skin".


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Video of the search went trending on media sosial, showing Ms Williams distressed after being separated from her baby.

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