George the Poet says police stereotyping was behind strip-search

Spoken word artist says search was unjustified and officers were rude to his parents

The acclaimed spoken word artist George the Poet has said police strip-searched him because officers stereotype young black men, lacking any positive interactions with them.

The 27-year-old poet, real name George Mpanga, who counts Prince Harry among his friends and appeared on BBC Question Time earlier this year, was searched by police in a van outside his parents’ house in Neasden, north London.

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