Suffolk apologise over officer interaction with black couple

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Suffolk apologise over officer interaction with black couple

Suffolk Constabulary have apologised after a video circulated online of two officers speaking with a black middle-aged couple after they stopped them and asked to see their IDs.

Suffolk Deputy Chief Constable Rachel Kearton

Date - 12th June 2020
By - Chloe Livadeas

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The couple who were stopped by two officers in Ipswich took video footage of the encounter on their phones. When they asked the officers why they had been stopped one of the officers replies: “you were driving a motor vehicle on a...

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