Jordan Jarrett-Bryan, a Black young man from the London Borough of Lambeth, has been stopped and searched by the police twice. Once, he was carrying a bag of clothes after staying at his mother's. The police told him there had been a burglary in the area. They asked him where he was going, where he had come from and what was in his bag.
"They weren't rude or offensive; I was treated OK," says the 22-year-old. "They just asked a few questions that I didn't think were relevant. If there had been a burglary, it was justified to stop me if I was carrying a massive bag."
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