Dawn Butler: Labour MP accuses Metropolitan Police of racial profiling after being stopped by officers
A Labour MP has claimed she was racially profiled when she was stopped by police in London.
Dawn Butler tweeted on Sunday morning that she had been pulled over by officers in Hackney.
The MP for Brent Central later told Sky News she thought there was "an institutional racism" in the police which "needs to be taken out".
"It is cancerous," she added.
Ms Butler added: "We're two black people in a car driving through Hackney and they thought they'll stop them."
Labour MP Dawn Butler has told Sky News she believes she was the victim of racial profiling after the car she was in was stopped by police in the London borough of Hackney.
Sky News has contacted the Metropolitan Police for comment.
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The Metropolitan Police have been contacted by The Independent.
Ms Butler, the former shadow equalities secretary, said she had recorded the incident on camera.
