Met Police officers stopped and searched youth mentors from an organisation which is training officers and City Hall staff on cultural awareness.

Three young men who work for the Mentivity organisation based in Bromley, south London, were stopped and searched by Territorial Support Group (TSG) officers while on their lunch breaks.

The incident took place at around 1.40pm on Tuesday, April 12, in Walworth Road, Southwark.

Video footage shared on social media shows the officers stopping the three young black men, asking for identification and informing them they are being searched for weapons.

Photo: via Sayce Holmes-Lewis