[Kizzy]

Following the Macpherson report in 1999 are forces in some parts of the UK any further on?

'Black people are still far more likely than other ethnic groups to be stopped and searched in almost every part of England and Wales despite concerted efforts to tackle the problem.

The disclosure – following publication of detailed data from 39 forces – led to warnings that the continued “racial bias” would harm relations between minority communities and the police.

An analysis by The Independent has established that in 36 of the forces black people are being targeted more than their white fellow citizens for the intrusive searches.

In one county – Dorset – a black person was 17 times more likely to be stopped and searched than a white person, the figures showed.'

http://i100.independent.co.uk/articl...ce--W1xOeXfXNe

[smudgie]

Tends to go by age here.
Teens, especially lads can get stopped a couple of times on the same evening.

[LeatherTrumpet]

maybe they are out later at night

[Livia]

They need more black police officers.

[Sticks]

Photographers have also been stopped and some made to delete images taken.

There was one notorious case when a father and son from Austria were taking pictures in London and were stopped by two policemen as they took pictures of Vauxhall bus station. They were made to delete all their pictures as they were told it was against the terrorism act to take pictures of transport

See here for details