Fundraiser for Police Officers Sacked Over Black Athlete Search Reaches £100,000

The page was set up with an aim of £50,000 to help two officers who were sacked for gross misconduct with living costs.

A screengrab from body-worn camera footage of the detention of sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos in Maida Vale, west London, on April 7, 2020. Independent Office for Police Conduct

More than £100,000 has been raised for two former Metropolitan Police officers after they were sacked over the stop and search of two black Olympic athletes.

Thousands of supporters have donated to a JustGiving crowdfunding page, which aims to help ex-constables Jonathan Clapham and Sam Franks at “a time of great austerity.”