Top Met cop says officers who stopped car carrying MP Dawn Butler didn't know occupants were black because the windows were TINTED as he condemns trial by social media.
A senior police official has spoken out against officers facing 'trial by social media' after a car carrying Dawn Butler was stopped. The Labour MP (right) accused police of racial profiling after the BMW in which she was travelling was pulled over in Hackney, east London on Sunday (inset). However, Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner Sir Steve House (left) has defended the officers' conduct after reviewing the incident, footage of which - filmed by Ms Butler - has spread widely on social media. He said officers, 'didn't know who the occupants of the car were, including their ethnicity because the car windows were tinted.' Mail.
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