A statement from Hackney’s school board stated that “although the school was not aware that strip research was taking place, we fully accept that the child should not have been left alone.” The board added that because of this, the school had “offered a full and formal apology to Child Q and her family and continues to work with them to provide the support we can.” The statement also said that “the changes were made immediately after the incident and continued to be made”, adding that the composition and leadership of the board had changed and how the school cooperated with the police “has fully evolved”. This came after the Metropolitan Police admitted that the school “probably should not have called us and we should probably have realized very quickly that we had no role to play there”. The school said it would not comment on the employment status of individuals, including teachers involved in the incident and staff who called police. The statement came after Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville demanded the resignation of the school principal, saying it was clear that “the school leadership has lost the trust of the school, me and the community”. The student was investigated in December 2020 after being unjustly accused of cannabis possession. She was injured and needs treatment as she had to expose the relevant parts of her body during the investigation, something that happened knowingly she was menstruating. Her parents were not informed either by the school or by the officers. Lawsuits have been filed by the child against the school and the Met, with her mother saying the family also hoped an Independent Police Behavior Office (IOPC) investigation would mean that the police officers involved should be held accountable and accountable. really consequences for what they have done “. A safeguard report on the incident, released last week, said “racism may have been a factor in influencing the decision to investigate the flowers.” At a community meeting in Hackney on Wednesday night hosted by Hackney HQ commander Marcus Barnett, a police officer admitted that the Met had a problem with officers who saw London’s children as “adults”, adding that what happened to Child Q would probably not have happened to a child living in the Cotswolds, for example. “I think we see the children of inner London as adults. “The issue with policing at the moment is that we see children and we believe that children in London are more resilient than they are,” said Inspector Detective Dan Rutland, who was also on the panel. Hundreds of people, including Labor MP Diane Abbott, watched a rally outside Stoke Newington Police Station in north-east London last Friday in support of Child Q. “Racist cops” were heard outside the schools. “We say no to police in schools” and “No to racist police” were held high. In a statement issued by her lawyers, the girl said that after everything she went through: “I know that I am not alone.”
