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MP Dawn Butler hits out at police for stopping her and black pal for 'driving nice car'

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A Labour MP has accused the Met Police of racial profiling after she and a friend were stopped as they drove through London.

In a filmed exchange with officers, Dawn Butler said it's "like you cannot drive around and enjoy a Sunday afternoon whilst black".

The former shadow equalities minister said she was with a male friend, who is also black, when they were stopped. Police told her they were searching the area because of "gang and knife crime".

In a statement, the Met said the car was mistakenly stopped after the licence plate was wrongly entered into a police computer.

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