'This is profiling' - UK police force apologises after video shows officers confronting black couple

A British police force has issued a public apology after two officers stopped a middle-aged black couple and demanded they show their IDs because they were “driving a motor vehicle on a road”.
'This is profiling' - UK police force apologises after video shows officers confronting black couple

In the video, a male officer says: “At the end of the day, whether it looks funny or not, you were driving a motor vehicle on a road, so therefore I am requiring you to provide proof of drivers (licence).”  Pic: maja/@maobxby/Twitter/PA Wire
In the video, a male officer says: “At the end of the day, whether it looks funny or not, you were driving a motor vehicle on a road, so therefore I am requiring you to provide proof of drivers (licence).”  Pic: maja/@maobxby/Twitter/PA Wire

A British police force has issued a public apology after two officers stopped a middle-aged black couple and demanded they show their IDs because they were “driving a motor vehicle on a road”.

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