Create Not Hate by Quiet Storm

A hard-hitting video features young Londoners share their first-hand experiences of stop and search powers and their thoughts on how police relations with young people of colour in the local community can improve.

Create Not Hate, a non-profit organization that aims to combat systemic racism and get underrepresented young people into the creative industries, initiated a project for young black people to participate in an on-camera discussion with their local MET police force as part of an open and collaborative dialogue.

The aim was to distribute the film among serving officers to help with 'empathy training' and encourage change in handling stops and searches. CNH had been working to this end in partnership with the local council and the Metropolitan Police. Despite the Met's absence, filming went ahead to give the young people involved a chance to air their views.

The film is being launched pro bono by Create Not Hate ahead of what would have been the Notting Hill Carnival weekend, which has been canceled for a second year because of the pandemic, a key event for the Black community. This launch date is especially poignant because during the festival police are given the power to stop and search people without the need for reasonable suspicion in response.

This is called Section 60 that critics say gives police draconian powers and leads to the disproportionate targeting of African-Caribbean people.