The Impact of Adultification Bias on the Met Police
On the 16th March 2022, I posted a trigger warning to my Instagram story, preparing to post what for many would be yet another provoking wake up call and what for many young black teens (especially young black girls in regards to this article) was unfortunately an every day reality. Angry and upset, I would go on to spam my story with screenshots of news articles, posts by several different accounts and my own little personal contributions. This story, although representing a wider issue that we all knew of, was one like I'd never seen before. I'd seen plenty of horror stories in the news, stories regarding the Met and other police forces. It had been two years since 2020. Two years since 14 year old me took it upon herself to learn about institutional racism and the 'bad guys' who were police officers. The 'bad guys' who were the Metropolitan police: the force that had been 'taking care' of me since I was born in London just over seventeen years ago. I...