Officers surrounding a police car, Ricardo Dos Santos and his wife, an officer holding a baton. Sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos was pulled over by the Met Police again, after accusing them of racially profiling him in stop and search.
Officers pulled Ricardo Dos Santos over because ‘they thought he was on his phone’ (Pictures: PA/Twitter)

A sprinter who says the Metropolitan Police racially profiled him two years ago during a stop and search has been pulled over again.

In the early hours of Sunday morning, Ricardo Dos Santos was asked to stop his car by armed officers who ‘thought he was using a phone at the wheel’

The Met says it called for backup when Mr Dos Santos ‘failed to stop’, but the Portuguese sprinter said he ‘took a little longer’ because he was finding a safe place to do so.

Officers confirmed he stopped ‘about five minutes’ later. Footage posted by Mr Dos Santos shows an officer running up to his car, knocking on the window and trying to open the door.

He is also seen getting his baton out and pointing it at the window.

Mr Dos Santos said: ‘After I stopped two officers ran towards either side of the car, one fist clenched banged on my window and tried opening the car door.

‘Not knowing how to use a Tesla handle he took out his baton out of frustration ready to smash the glass.

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MJ150822_01 - *EXC ALL ROUND* - London, UK Sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos spotted with his Tesla after he was pulled over yesterday by 7 armed policemen . He published a series of video tweets of him being pulled over and questioned by police in Paddington at 04:00 BST on Sunday. The Met said officers were concerned the driver may have been using a phone. In July 2020, footage of girlfriend Bianca Williams and Mr Dos Santos being searched and handcuffed was widely shared on social media, with Ms Williams later accusing the police of racially profiling them. In April the IOPC said an acting police sergeant and four police constables will all face a gross misconduct disciplinary hearing over the incident. Pictured : Ricardo Dos Santos Pricing : **ONLINE- Call for Pricing** **PAPERS- ??400 Minimum / Large or Page 1 to be agreed** **MAGAZINES - Fee to be agreed** ------- info@mj-pictures.com - 020 3488 0648
Mr Dos Santos spotted with his Tesla (Picture: MJ-Pictures.com)
Met officer with a baton standing next to Ricardo Dos Santos' car.
Mr Dos Santos said the officer got out his baton ‘out of frustration’ because he could not open the Tesla door (Picture: Twitter)
Met Officers surrounding a police car.
The athlete asked why the Met needed seven officers to stop him (Picture: PA)

‘Annoyed that two years down nothing has changed but they still manage to over police.

‘Why do seven armed officers need to be present when I was alone? Two or three max would’ve been enough.’

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Met Police has now recorded the incident as a public complaint and voluntarily referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct for advice on ‘how to take this forward’.

Five Met officers are currently facing a gross misconduct investigation for accusations of racially profiling Mr Dos Santos and his wife Bianca Williams, who was a sprinter for Team GB, in July 2020.

Officers searched the couple for weapons and drugs, finding nothing, before recording details of their three-month-old baby on the Merlin police database for children known to the authorities.

After Sunday’s incident, Mr Dos Santos said he was ‘not surprised [he] had to go through this again’.

MJ150822_01 - *EXC ALL ROUND* - London, UK Sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos spotted with his Tesla after he was pulled over yesterday by 7 armed policemen . He published a series of video tweets of him being pulled over and questioned by police in Paddington at 04:00 BST on Sunday. The Met said officers were concerned the driver may have been using a phone. In July 2020, footage of girlfriend Bianca Williams and Mr Dos Santos being searched and handcuffed was widely shared on social media, with Ms Williams later accusing the police of racially profiling them. In April the IOPC said an acting police sergeant and four police constables will all face a gross misconduct disciplinary hearing over the incident. Pictured : Ricardo Dos Santos Pricing : **ONLINE- Call for Pricing** **PAPERS- ??400 Minimum / Large or Page 1 to be agreed** **MAGAZINES - Fee to be agreed** ------- info@mj-pictures.com - 020 3488 0648
‘Annoyed that two years down nothing has changed but they still manage to over police,’ said Mr Dos Santos (Picture: MJ-Pictures.com)
Athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos interviewed on BBC They were stopped by Met police and subject to stop and search of their car.
Mr Dos Santos and his wife Bianca Williams claim they were racially profiled in July 2020 (Picture: BBC)

The Met said in a statement: ‘We are aware of footage on social media showing part of a stop on a car.

‘[Officers] saw a car travelling eastbound on the A40 Westway and were concerned the driver may be using a mobile phone at the wheel.

‘The officers clearly indicated for the car to pull over but it failed to do so and they called for further assistance.

‘The driver stopped about five minutes later in Orsett Terrace W2, and the officers spoke to him about why they wanted to stop the vehicle.

‘Following the conversation the vehicle was allowed on its way. We have since contacted the driver via Twitter to invite him to contact us if he would like to discuss this matter further.’

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